The Magdalen At The Madonna-s Shrine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABCBD EFEFGHGI JKJKLMAM JNJNLLLL EOEOJPJP BQBQAHAH| O Madonna pure and holy | A |
| From sin s dark stain ever free | A |
| Refuge of the sinner lowly | A |
| I come I come to thee | A |
| Now with wreaths of sinful pleasure | B |
| Yet my tresses twined among | C |
| From the dance s giddy measure | B |
| From the idle jest and song | D |
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| See I tear away the flowers | E |
| From my perfumed golden hair | F |
| Closely tended in past hours | E |
| With such jealous sinful care | F |
| Never more for me they blossom | G |
| Not for me those jewels vain | H |
| On my arms or brow or bosom | G |
| They shall never shine again | I |
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| Dost thou wonder at my daring | J |
| Thus to seek thy sacred shrine | K |
| When the sinner s lot despairing | J |
| Wretched hopeless should be mine | K |
| To the instincts high of woman | L |
| Most unfaithful and untrue | M |
| Yet Madonna hope inspires me | A |
| For thou wast a woman too | M |
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| Evil promptings dark despairing | J |
| Whisper Leave this sacred spot | N |
| Back to sinful joys repairing | J |
| In them live and struggle not | N |
| But a bright hope tells that heaven | L |
| May by me e en yet be won | L |
| That I yet may be forgiven | L |
| Mary by thy spotless Son | L |
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| Yes I look on thy mild features | E |
| Full of dove like tender love | O |
| Once the humblest of God s creatures | E |
| Now with Him enthroned above | O |
| Every trait angelic breathing | J |
| Sweetest promises of peace | P |
| And the smile thy soft lips wreathing | J |
| Tell me that my griefs shall cease | P |
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| Soft the evening shadows gather | B |
| But no longer shall I wait | Q |
| I will rise and seek the Father | B |
| For it is not yet too late | Q |
| And when earthly cares oppress me | A |
| When life s paths my bruised feet pain | H |
| Hither shall I come to rest me | A |
| And new strength and courage gain | H |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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