His Litany, To The Holy Spirit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB DDDB EEEB FFFB GGGB GGGB CCCB CCCB HHHB IIIB CCCB| In the hour of my distress | A |
| When temptations me oppress | A |
| And when I my sins confess | A |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When I lie within my bed | C |
| Sick in heart and sick in head | C |
| And with doubts discomforted | C |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When the house doth sigh and weep | D |
| And the world is drown'd in sleep | D |
| Yet mine eyes the watch do keep | D |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When the artless doctor sees | E |
| No one hope but of his fees | E |
| And his skill runs on the lees | E |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When his potion and his pill | F |
| Has or none or little skill | F |
| Meet for nothing but to kill | F |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When the passing bell doth toll | G |
| And the furies in a shoal | G |
| Come to fright a parting soul | G |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When the tapers now burn blue | G |
| And the comforters are few | G |
| And that number more than true | G |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When the priest his last hath pray'd | C |
| And I nod to what is said | C |
| 'Cause my speech is now decay'd | C |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When God knows I'm tost about | C |
| Either with despair or doubt | C |
| Yet before the glass be out | C |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When the tempter me pursu'th | H |
| With the sins of all my youth | H |
| And half damns me with untruth | H |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When the flames and hellish cries | I |
| Fright mine ears and fright mine eyes | I |
| And all terrors me surprise | I |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
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| When the Judgment is reveal'd | C |
| And that open'd which was seal'd | C |
| When to Thee I have appeal'd | C |
| Sweet Spirit comfort me | B |
Robert Herrick
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