Escape Of The Israelites, And Destruction Of Pharaoh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGHIIJJKALL MMAANNHHOOPP Q| Ah short sighted monarch dost thou think to pursue | A |
| The Israel of God and recapture them too | A |
| Hast thou so soon forgotten the plagues on thee sent | B |
| Or so hardened thy heart that thou can'st not relent | B |
| Then make ready thy chariots a long way they'll reach | C |
| Thou hast six hundred chosen a captain to each | C |
| Now after them hasten no time's to be lost | D |
| That God worketh for them thou'st felt to thy cost | E |
| Speed thee then speed thee thou'lt soon them o'ertake | F |
| Thou hast so overtasked them they're powerless and weak | F |
| Ah weak and defenceless they truly appear | G |
| But the Lord is their rock they're his special care | H |
| See that pillar that's leading them all on their way | I |
| It's a bright cloud by night and a dark cloud by day | I |
| And now by the Red Sea behold they encamp | J |
| But hark what's that sound it's the war horse's tramp | J |
| Look up see thy enemy close by thee now | K |
| The sea lies before thee ah what canst thou do | A |
| Moses bids them go forward at God's command | L |
| When the waters divide and they walk on dry land | L |
| And the cloud that to Egypt is darkness all night | M |
| To the children of Israel is a bright shining light | M |
| And now have the Hebrews all safely passed through | A |
| The Red Sea which Pharaoh assaying to do | A |
| Is destroyed with his host every one of them drowned | N |
| Not a man saved alive not a single man found | N |
| To return to lone Egypt the sad news to bear | H |
| To the widows and orphans made desolate there | H |
| But list hear the rescued their glad voices raise | O |
| And to timbrel and dance add the sweet song of praise | O |
| For Pharaoh hath perished beneath the dark sea | P |
| And the long enslaved Hebrews are happy and free | P |
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| July | Q |
Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow
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