The Prayer Of Miriam Cohen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI BJKJ| From the wheel and the drift of Things | A |
| Deliver us Good Lord | B |
| And we will face the wrath of Kings | A |
| The faggot and the sword | B |
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| Lay not thy Works before our eyes | C |
| Nor vex us with thy Wars | D |
| Lest we should feel the straining skies | C |
| O'ertrod by trampling stars | E |
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| Hold us secure behind the gates | F |
| Of saving flesh and bone | G |
| Lest we should dream what Dream awaits | F |
| The Soul escaped alone | G |
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| Thy Path thy Purposes conceal | H |
| From our beleaguered realm | I |
| Lest any shattering whisper steal | H |
| Upon us and o'erwhelm | I |
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| A veil 'twixt us and Thee Good Lord | B |
| A veil 'twixt us and Thee | J |
| Lest we should hear too clear too clear | K |
| And unto madness see | J |
Rudyard Kipling
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