The Robe Of Christ Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI AKLK MBNB OPQP RSTS UAVA WCXC YZA2Z B2C2BC2 D2AE2A F2BG2B H2TA2T BCI2C

For Cecil ChestertonA
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At the foot of the Cross on CalvaryB
Three soldiers sat and dicedC
And one of them was the DevilD
And he won the Robe of ChristC
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When the Devil comes in his proper formE
To the chamber where I dwellF
I know him and make the Sign of the CrossG
Which drives him back to HellF
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And when he comes like a friendly manH
And puts his hand in mineI
The fervour in his voice is notJ
From love or joy or wineI
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And when he comes like a womanA
With lovely smiling eyesK
Black dreams float over his golden headL
Like a swarm of carrion fliesK
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Now many a million tortured soulsM
In his red halls there beB
Why does he spend his subtle craftN
In hunting after meB
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Kings queens and crested warriorsO
Whose memory rings through timeP
These are his prey and what to himQ
Is this poor man of rhymeP
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That he with such laborious skillR
Should change from role to roleS
Should daily act so many a partT
To get my little soulS
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Oh he can be the forestU
And he can be the sunA
Or a buttercup or an hour of restV
When the weary day is doneA
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I saw him through a thousand veilsW
And has not this sufficedC
Now must I look on the Devil robedX
In the radiant Robe of ChristC
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He comes and his face is sad and mildY
With thorns his head is crownedZ
There are great bleeding wounds in his feetA2
And in each hand a woundZ
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How can I tell who am a foolB2
If this be Christ or noC2
Those bleeding hands outstretched to meB
Those eyes that love me soC2
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I see the Robe I look I hopeD2
I fear but there is oneA
Who will direct my troubled mindE2
Christ's Mother knows her SonA
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O Mother of Good Counsel lendF2
Intelligence to meB
Encompass me with wisdomG2
Thou Tower of IvoryB
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This is the Man of Lies she saysH2
Disguised with fearful artT
He has the wounded hands and feetA2
But not the wounded heartT
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Beside the Cross on CalvaryB
She watched them as they dicedC
She saw the Devil join the gameI2
And win the Robe of ChristC

Joyce Kilmer



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