Prayer Xxiii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E B F G H I J K L M N E C O O P Q R| Then a priestess said Speak to us of Prayer | A |
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| And he answered saying | B |
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| You pray in your distress and in your need would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance | C |
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| For what is prayer but the expansion of yourself into the living ether | D |
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| And if it is for your comfort to pour your darkness into space it is also for your delight to pour forth the dawning of your heart | E |
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| And if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer she should spur you again and yet again though weeping until you shall come laughing | B |
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| When you pray you rise to meet in the air those who are praying at that very hour and whom save in prayer you may not meet | F |
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| Therefore let your visit to that temple invisible be for naught but ecstasy and sweet communion | G |
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| For if you should enter the temple for no other purpose than asking you shall not receive | H |
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| And if you should enter into it to humble yourself you shall not be lifted | I |
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| Or even if you should enter into it to beg for the good of others you shall not be heard | J |
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| It is enough that you enter the temple invisible | K |
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| I cannot teach you how to pray in words | L |
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| God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips | M |
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| And I cannot teach you the prayer of the seas and the forests and the mountains | N |
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| But you who are born of the mountains and the forests and the seas can find their prayer in your heart | E |
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| And if you but listen in the stillness of the night you shall hear them saying in silence | C |
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| Our God who art our winged self it is thy will in us that willeth | O |
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| It is thy desire in us that desireth | O |
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| It is thy urge in us that would turn our nights which are thine into days which are thine also | P |
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| We cannot ask thee for aught for thou knowest our needs before they are born in us | Q |
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| Thou art our need and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all | R |
Khalil Gibran
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