The Supplication Of The Black Aberdeen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBB CCDDCCBB CCEEFFCC GGHHIICC GGJJKKCC LLEECCCC| I pray My little body and whole span | A |
| Of years is Thine my Owner and my Man | A |
| For Thou hast made me unto Thee I owe | B |
| This dim distressed half soul that hurts me so | B |
| Compact of every crime but none the less | C |
| Broken by knowledge of its naughtiness | C |
| Put me not from Thy Life 'tis all I know | B |
| If Thou forsake me whither shall I go | B |
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| Thine is the Voice with which my Day begins | C |
| Thy Foot my refuge even in my sins | C |
| Thine Honour hurls me forth to testify | D |
| Against the Unclean and Wicked passing by | D |
| But when Thou callest they are of Thy Friends | C |
| Who readier than I to make amends | C |
| I was Thy Deputy with high and low | B |
| If Thou dismiss me whither shall I go | B |
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| I have been driven forth on gross offence | C |
| That took no reckoning of my penitence | C |
| And in my desolation faithless me | E |
| Have crept for comfort to a woman's knee | E |
| Now I return self drawn to meet the just | F |
| Reward of Riot Theft and Breach of Trust | F |
| Put me not from Thy Life though this is so | C |
| If Thou forsake me whither shall I go | C |
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| Into The Presence flattening while I crawl | G |
| From head to tail I do confess it all | G |
| Mine was the fault deal me the stripes but spare | H |
| The Pointed Finger which I cannot bear | H |
| The Dreadful Tone in which my Name is named | I |
| That sends me 'neath the sofa frill ashamed | I |
| Yet to be near Thee I would face that woe | C |
| If Thou reject me whither shall I go | C |
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| Can a gift turn Thee I will bring mine all | G |
| My Secret Bone my Throwing Stick my Ball | G |
| Or wouldst Thou sport Then watch me hunt awhile | J |
| Chasing not after conies but Thy Smile | J |
| Content as breathless on the turf I sit | K |
| Thou shouldst deride my little legs and wit | K |
| Ah Keep me in Thy Life for a fool's show | C |
| If Thou deny me whither shall I go | C |
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| Is the Dark gone The Light of Eyes restored | L |
| The Countenance turned meward O my Lord | L |
| The Paw accepted and for all to see | E |
| The Abject Sinner throned upon the Knee | E |
| The Ears bewrung and Muzzle scratched because | C |
| He is forgiven and All is as It was | C |
| Now am I in Thy Life and since 'tis so | C |
| That Cat awaits the Judgment May I go | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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