Midnight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB BDAD EFBF EGEG CHIH EJKJ| The air is dark and fragrant | A |
| With memories of a shower | B |
| And sanctified with stillness | C |
| By this most holy hour | B |
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| The leaves forget to whisper | B |
| Of soft and secret things | D |
| And every bird is silent | A |
| With folded eyes and wings | D |
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| O blessed hour of midnight | E |
| Of sleep and of release | F |
| Thou yieldest to the toiler | B |
| The wages of thy peace | F |
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| And I who have not laboured | E |
| Nor borne the heat of noon | G |
| Receive thy tranquil quiet | E |
| An undeserved boon | G |
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| Yes truly God is gracious | C |
| Who makes His sun to shine | H |
| Upon the good and evil | I |
| And idle lives like mine | H |
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| Upon the just and unjust | E |
| He sends His rain to fall | J |
| And gives this hour of blessing | K |
| Freely alike to all | J |
Robert Fuller Murray
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