Good Friday, A.d. 33 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EFEGH IJIJJ KLKLL IMIMM KNKOP| Mother why are people crowding now and staring | A |
| Child it is a malefactor goes to His doom | B |
| To the high hill of Calvary He's faring | C |
| And the people pressing and pushing to make room | B |
| Lest they miss the sight to come | D |
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| Oh the poor malefactor heavy is His load | E |
| Now He falls beneath it and they goad Him on | F |
| Sure the road to Calvary's a steep up hill road | E |
| Is there none to help Him with His Cross not one | G |
| Must He bear it all alone | H |
| - | |
| Here is a country boy with business in the city | I |
| Smelling of the cattle's breath and the sweet hay | J |
| Now they bid him lift the Cross so they have some pity | I |
| Child they fear the malefactor dies on the way | J |
| And robs them of their play | J |
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| Has He no friends then no father nor mother | K |
| None to wipe the sweat away nor pity His fate | L |
| There's a woman weeping and there's none to soothe her | K |
| Child it is well the seducer expiate | L |
| His crimes that are so great | L |
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| Mother did I dream He once bent above me | I |
| This poor seducer with the thorn crowned head | M |
| His hands on my hair and His eyes seemed to love me | I |
| Suffer little children to come to Me He said | M |
| His hair his brows drip red | M |
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| Hurrying through Jerusalem on business or pleasure | K |
| People hardly pause to see Him go to His death | N |
| Whom they held five days ago more than a King's treasure | K |
| Shouting Hosannas flinging many a wreath | O |
| For this Jesus of Nazareth | P |
Katharine Tynan
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