St. Ignatius Loyola At The Chapel Of Our Lady Of Montserrat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADED FGHGIJDJ AKLKJMNM AOJOPQGQ DAJARASA TUDUVHJH WDRDCQXQ| 'Tis midnight and solemn darkness broods | A |
| In a lonely sacred fane | B |
| The church of Our Lady of Montserrat | C |
| So famous throughout all Spain | B |
| For countless were the pilgrim hosts | A |
| Who knelt at that sacred shrine | D |
| With aching hearts that came to seek | E |
| Relief and grace divine | D |
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| Pure as the light of the evening star | F |
| Shines the lamp's pale solemn ray | G |
| That burns through midnight's hush and gloom | H |
| As well as the glare of day | G |
| Like the Christian soul enwrapped in God | I |
| Resigning each vain delight | J |
| Each earthly lure to burn and shine | D |
| With pure love in His sight | J |
| - | |
| Softly the gentle radiance falls | A |
| On a mail clad warrior there | K |
| Who humbly bows his stately head | L |
| In silent earnest prayer | K |
| It flashes back from his corslet bright | J |
| From each shining steel clad hand | M |
| And the brow which tells that he was born | N |
| To pomp and high command | M |
| - | |
| Say who is he that vigil keeps | A |
| Like the warrior knights of old | O |
| Through the long lone hours of the silent night | J |
| Ere they donned their spurs of gold | O |
| A soldier brave and proud is he | P |
| And bears a noble name | Q |
| Since Pampeluna's glorious day | G |
| Won Loyola his fame | Q |
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| What doth he at this lowly shrine | D |
| What mean those prayers and sighs | A |
| The tearful mist that dims the light | J |
| Of his flashing eagle eyes | A |
| They tell of life's vain pomps and pride | R |
| Esteemed as worthless dross | A |
| For the dauntless soldier has become | S |
| The soldier of the Cross | A |
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| That sword that once like lightning swept | T |
| Through ranks of foes hard pressed | U |
| Now hangs beside Our Lady's shrine | D |
| Henceforth in peace to rest | U |
| And soon the penitent's rough dark robe | V |
| His girdle and cowl of gloom | H |
| Will replace the soldier's armor bright | J |
| And his lofty waving plume | H |
| - | |
| Well done well done thou warrior brave | W |
| A noble choice is thine | D |
| What are the laurels of earth beside | R |
| The joys of bliss divine | D |
| And thou hast won though seeking not | C |
| The saint's undying fame | Q |
| Christ's Holy Church will evermore | X |
| Revere and bless thy name | Q |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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