Nannie R. Glass

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The Desert Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ KBLMNOAPQH RSTUVWSUXYZ A2B2C2D2E2F2G2H2I2 J2F2DK2AL2M2N2N2N2O2 P2M2Q2F2 R2S2T2U2V2H2F2W2NRX2 Y2Z2 A3IOCB3F2B C3D3E3F3G3J

Oh no my lord she cannot stayA
Cast out this bond maid with her mocking childB
For they cannot be heirs with thine and mineC
Abraham was sad for he had prayed O GodD
That Ishmael may dwell within thy sightE
And now the message came to him Fear notF
In all that Sarah says list to her voiceG
In Isaac shall thy seed be called AlsoH
I'll make of Hagar's son a nation greatI
Because he sprang from theeJ
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Then Abraham roseK
At early dawn and lading Egypt's childB
With water and with bread sent her grief wornL
With Ishmael to wander lone withinM
Beersheba's wilderness While yet the airN
Was cool and nature locked in the embraceO
Of morn likely the child was blithe and gayA
Unheeding the sad face and drooping formP
Of her who doubtless turned from childhood's tentsQ
In tears of woeH
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Thrilled with his Arab bloodR
He raced along and thus to fancy's earS
He prattled on O mother do not weepT
The Princess Sarah cannot chide us nowU
We're free I love the wilderness I loveV
The earth and sky Look at those birdsW
Far as the fleecy clouds And hereS
Are flowers with which to wreathe my bowU
With it I'll bring thee deer and fowl to dressX
When by and by we reach a babbling streamY
Where we may safely dwellZ
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On still onA2
Through arid plains with blistering feetB2
Beneath a burning sky they toil alongC2
The lad no longer talks of birds and flowersD2
But begs for water water just to coolE2
His parching throat and likely 'twas that whenF2
Noon's shadows mirrored the encircling hillsG2
He saw the empty flask and must at lastH2
Have fainted on the scorching sandI2
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We readJ2
That Hagar cast him 'neath a shrub and thenF2
Withdrawing quite a space she prayed O GodD
Let me not see his death and so sank downK2
Upon the ground to watch him where he layA
And wept such tears as touched the world on highL2
With sympathy divine God heard the ladM2
And from his radiant home an angel spakeN2
What aileth thee O Hagar Rise and takeN2
The lad and stand him on his feet I'll makeN2
Of him a nation great Her eyes were openedO2
And she saw a well from which with joyful hasteP2
She filled her flask and gave the weakling ladM2
A draught which gave him back to healthQ2
And life againF2
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Water a type of ChristR2
God's son that whosoever will may drinkS2
That everflowing stream of love and liveT2
Eternally The angel's prophecy foretoldU2
Those countless hordes those tented caravansV2
Whose graceful steeds have plied through centuries pastH2
Those barren trackless wastes some of the menF2
Who Egypt bound with spicery and balmW2
Halted beside the lonely pit and bartered thereN
For that young lad whose coat dyed in the bloodR
Of kids made Jacob with wild agony exclaimX2
This is my Joseph's coat He has no doubtY2
Been rent in twain by beastsZ2
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The wanderers soonA3
Lay down to rest 'neath starry skies to waitI
Another dawn and on the mother's faceO
There must have been a light of joy divineC
For had she not held intercourse with HeavenB3
Were not its guardian bands around them thenF2
In desert weird and wildB
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Ye weary soulsC3
Tired travelers on the sands of timeD3
Trust God and look to him for strengthE3
The angel of his word speaks faith and peaceF3
And presses to the thirsting lip the cupG3
Of immortalityJ

Nannie R. Glass



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