Tell Peter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGFGHIHI IIIIIJIJ IFIFIKIK LIMINONO| And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself John | A |
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| Peter it was not outward cold | B |
| But inward chill thy bosom froze | C |
| Made thee deny with falsehood bold | B |
| Thy Lord and Master to his foes | C |
| When we find cheer at Satan's fires | D |
| The world is there to work us harm | E |
| To deaden all our pure desires | D |
| With its deceitful lure and charm | E |
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| Peter the voice of chanticleer | F |
| Fulfilled what Christ had prophesied | G |
| And oh that pitying look sincere | F |
| From him whom thou hadst just denied | G |
| Thy burst of penitential grief | H |
| Heaven those tears did surely send | I |
| Tears give the burdened heart relief | H |
| Dry anguish may its tendrils rend | I |
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| Sin soon will crucify our Lord | I |
| Thy sin and all the world's beside | I |
| He gave himself the Living Word | I |
| Our shelter from God's wrath to hide | I |
| Had all the seraphs pens to write | I |
| Such love upon the boundless sky | J |
| Angelic powers could not indite | I |
| Its greatness while the ages fly | J |
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| The hour is hastening God has willed | I |
| That Christ should through his own decree | F |
| Abolish death and have fulfilled | I |
| Our blood bought immortality | F |
| And when the awful tomb he rent | I |
| When freed from every earthly thrall | K |
| Tell Peter was the message sent | I |
| Tell Peter 'tis love's tender call | K |
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| Peter was martyr to his faith | L |
| His rock God's son whom he denied | I |
| This faith the key that unlocks death | M |
| To realms where joy and peace abide | I |
| Tell Peter Honey drops of love | N |
| Awaking all the choirs of heaven | O |
| Tell Peter angels from above | N |
| Shout Hear O earth and be forgiven | O |
Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass
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