A Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEF GHIIJJKK| Lord when the sense of thy sweet grace | A |
| Sends up my soul to seek thy face | A |
| Thy blessed eyes breed such desire | B |
| I dy in love s delicious Fire | B |
| O love I am thy Sacrifice | C |
| Be still triumphant blessed eyes | D |
| Still shine on me fair suns that I | E |
| Still may behold though still I dy | F |
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| Though still I dy I live again | G |
| Still longing so to be still slain | H |
| So gainfull is such losse of breath | I |
| I dy even in desire of death | I |
| Still live in me this loving strife | J |
| Of living Death and dying Life | J |
| For while thou sweetly slayest me | K |
| Dead to my selfe I live in Thee | K |
Richard Crashaw
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