The Pilgrim Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCDE FGHG IJKJ LMNM OPQP JR GSTS UVWV XYZY A2B2C2B2 C2D2ND2| A | |
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| Vain folly of another age | B |
| This wandering over earth | C |
| To find the peace by some dark sin | D |
| Banish'd our household hearth | E |
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| On Lebanon the dark green pines | F |
| Wave over sacred ground | G |
| And Carmel's consecrated rose | H |
| Springs from a hallow'd mound | G |
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| Glorious the truth they testify | I |
| And blessed is their name | J |
| But even in such a sacred spot | K |
| Are sin and woe the same | J |
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| O pilgrim with each toilsome step | L |
| Vain every weary day | M |
| There is no charm in soil or shrine | N |
| To wash thy guilt away | M |
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| Return with prayer and tear return | O |
| To those who weep at home | P |
| To dry their tears will more avail | Q |
| Than o'er a world to roam | P |
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| There's hope for one who leaves with shame | J |
| The guilt that lured before | R |
| Remember He who said 'Repent ' | - |
| Said also 'Sin no more ' | - |
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| Return and in thy daily round | G |
| Of duty and of love | S |
| Thou best wilt find that patient faith | T |
| Which lifts the soul above | S |
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| In ev'ry innocent prayer each child | U |
| Lisps at his father's knee | V |
| If thine has been to teach that prayer | W |
| There will be hope for thee | V |
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| There is a small white church that stands | X |
| Beside thy father's grave | Y |
| There kneel and pour those earnest prayers | Z |
| That sanctify and save | Y |
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| Around thee draw thine own home ties | A2 |
| And with a chasten'd mind | B2 |
| In meek well doing seek that peace | C2 |
| No wandering will find | B2 |
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| In charity and penitence | C2 |
| Thy sin will be forgiven | D2 |
| Pilgrim the heart is the true shrine | N |
| Whence prayers ascend to Heaven | D2 |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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