Thomas à? Kempis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCCC DDEE FFCC GGHH IICC JKLL BBCC| Brother of mine good monk with cowl d head | A |
| Walled from that world which thou hast long since fled | A |
| And pacing thy green close beyond the sea | B |
| I send my heart to thee | B |
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| Down gust sweet walks bordered by lavender | C |
| While eastward westward the mad swallows whir | C |
| All afternoon poring thy missal fair | C |
| Serene thou pacest there | C |
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| Mixed with the words and fitting like a tune | D |
| Thou hearest distantly the voice of June | D |
| The little gossipping noises in the grass | E |
| The bees that come and pass | E |
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| Fades the long day the pool behind the hedge | F |
| Burns like a rose within the windy sedge | F |
| The lilies ghostlier grow in the dim air | C |
| The convent windows flare | C |
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| Yet still thou lingerest from pastures steep | G |
| Past the barred gate the shepherd drives his sheep | G |
| A nightingale breaks forth and for a space | H |
| Makes sweeter the sweet place | H |
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| Then the gray monks by hooded twos and threes | I |
| Move chapelward beneath the flaming trees | I |
| Closing thy book back by the alleys fair | C |
| Thou followest to prayer | C |
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| Born to these brawling days this work sick age | J |
| Oft long I for thy simpler heritage | K |
| A thought of thee is like a breath of bloom | L |
| Blown through a noisy room | L |
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| For thou art quick not dead I picture thee | B |
| Forever in that close beyond the sea | B |
| And find despite this weather s headlong stir | C |
| Peace and a comforter | C |
Lizette Woodworth Reese
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