Mary Tired Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDEEDAA FFGGHHI JJKKLLMMNN| Through the starred Judean night | A |
| She went in travail of the Light | A |
| With the earliest hush she saw | B |
| God beside her in the straw | B |
| - | |
| One poor taper glimmered clear | C |
| Drowsing Joseph nodded near | C |
| All the glooms were rosed with wings | D |
| She that knew the Spirit's kiss | E |
| Wearied of the bright abyss | E |
| She was tired of heavenly things | D |
| There between the day and night | A |
| These she counted for delight | A |
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| Baby kids that butted hard | F |
| In the shadowy stable yard | F |
| Silken doves that dipped and preened | G |
| Where the crumbling well curb greened | G |
| Sparrows in the vine and small | H |
| Sapphired flies upon the wall | H |
| So lovely they seemed musical | I |
| - | |
| In the roof a swift had built | J |
| All the new born airs were spilt | J |
| Out of cups the morning made | K |
| Of a glory and a shade | K |
| These her solemn eyelids felt | L |
| While unseen the seraphs knelt | L |
| Then a young mouse sleek and bold | M |
| Rustling in the winnowed gold | M |
| To her shadow crept and curled | N |
| Near the Ransom of the World | N |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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