The Blind Man Of Jericho Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFGFHH IJKJLM NJOJPP QRORSS TJUJVV UWXWPP UOXOYY ZA2OA2B2H UC2GC2D2D2He sat by the dusty way side | A |
With weary hopeless mien | B |
On his furrowed brow the traces | C |
Of care and want were seen | B |
With outstretched hand and with bowed down head | D |
He asked the passers by for bread | D |
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The palm tree s feathery foliage | E |
Around him thickly grew | F |
And the smiling sky above him | G |
Wore Syria s sun bright hue | F |
But dark alike to that helpless one | H |
Was murky midnight or noon tide sun | H |
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But voices breaking the silence | I |
Are heard fast drawing nigh | J |
And falls on his ear the clamor | K |
Of vast crowds moving by | J |
What is it he asks with panting breath | L |
They answer Jesus of Nazareth | M |
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What a spell lay in that title | N |
Linked with such mem ries high | J |
Of miracles of mercy | O |
Wrought neath Judaea s sky | J |
Loud calls he with pleading voice and brow | P |
Oh Jesus on me have mercy now | P |
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How often had he listened | Q |
To wond rous tales of love | R |
Of the Galilean s mercy | O |
Of power from above | R |
To none other given of mortal birth | S |
To heal the afflicted sons of earth | S |
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With faith that never wavered | T |
Still louder rose his cry | J |
Despite the stern rebuking | U |
Of many standing nigh | J |
Who bade him stifle his grief or joy | V |
Nor the Master rudely thus annoy | V |
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But soon that voice imploring | U |
Struck on the Saviour s ear | W |
He stopped and to His followers | X |
He said Go bring him here | W |
And turning towards him that God like brow | P |
He asked the suppliant What wouldest thou | P |
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Though with awe and hope all trembling | U |
Yet courage gaineth he | O |
And imploringly he murmurs | X |
Oh Lord I fain would see | O |
The Saviour says in accents low | Y |
Thy faith hath saved thee be it so | Y |
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Then on those darkened eye balls | Z |
A wondrous radiance beamed | A2 |
And they drank in the glorious beauty | O |
That through all nature gleamed | A2 |
But the fairest sight they rested on | B2 |
Was the Saviour David s royal Son | H |
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O rapture past all telling | U |
The bliss that vision brought | C2 |
Could a whole life s praises thank Him | G |
For the wonder He had wrought | C2 |
Yet is Jesus the same to day as then | D2 |
Bringing light and joy to the souls of men | D2 |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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