Salutation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGHI GJGK LMLM NONP QEQ E| To you and you and you who have given | A |
| Two sons for England's sake what word | B |
| Oh there is weeping heard in Heaven | A |
| And Mary's heart has the Eighth Sword | C |
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| Henceforth as you go through the town | D |
| The folk who see you go and come | E |
| Will doff their hats to your renown | D |
| With Salvete flores Martyrum | E |
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| O chosen from all women and men | F |
| For that high lonely destiny | G |
| Now that we look at you 'tis plain | H |
| God set a mark to know you by | I |
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| Your cross was growing in the tree | G |
| Before the golden world was made | J |
| Your martyr's palms began to be | G |
| Before 'Let there be Light' was said | K |
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| And still where'er you come and go | L |
| The world's the lighter for your load | M |
| Who thinks on common things and low | L |
| When your high sorrow takes the road | M |
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| O predestined and pre elect | N |
| 'Tis you must bear the glorious scars | O |
| Stand up dear Saints white and erect | N |
| The wounded in the heavenly wars | P |
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| Beloved afflicted marked for grace | Q |
| God's folk who watch you go and come | E |
| Call leaning from their Paradise place | Q |
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| Salvete flores Martyrum | E |
Katharine Tynan
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