Under The Rod Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBBBCDBD BEFEGHGH BBBBGIGI JBJBBKBK BLBLBABA

Be Still and know that I am GodA
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Be silent Soul though dark thy path and drearyB
And wild with storm yet what is that to theeB
Though thou art faint and desolate and wearyB
Thy God hath willed thus so let it beB
Murmurs the mountain oak when storms assail itC
And warring tempests wildly shake its formD
Firmer within the earth its root it strikethB
And gathers strength and vigor from the stormD
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Be silent Soul the hand of God is on theeB
And as a skillful gard'ner from the vineE
Doth lop away each worthless branch and barrenF
So He would lop each fruitless bough of thineE
Ah thou art earth bound prone and lowly creepingG
clinging to things too frail to be thy stayH
Jesus with watchful care His vineyard keepingG
Would lift thee up to sunshine and the dayH
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Be silent Soul thou'rt not thy own the SaviourB
With blood and anguish bought thee on the treeB
Why murmur then that He should seek to make theeB
Holy and pure and fit with Him to beB
This world is not thy home cease thy weak clingingG
To its frail reeds O thou whose mansion blestI
Is where Life's river flows with ceaseless singingG
Through the fair Paradise where angels restI
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Be silent Soul in the great heavenly TempleJ
The Master Builder hath a niche for theeB
And thou must pass beneath His forming chiselJ
If thou a goodly polished stone wouldst beB
Bless God for every stroke that severs from theeB
The gross and earthy bringing to the lightK
The intrinsic worth His Spirit hath wrought in theeB
The gem His hand would polish and make brightK
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Be silent Soul thy God is ever near theeB
Whether thy path 'mid storm or sunshine lieL
Whether the morning's tender radiance cheer theeB
Or rayless darkness veil the midnight skyL
What matter though thy pathway lone and drearyB
Should all with weary trembling feet be trodA
Enough for thee to know thy Lord is near theeB
And the rough road leads up to Heaven and GodA

Pamela S. Vining, (j. C. Yule)



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