A Dialogue Betwixt God And The Soul Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCC DEEFF GEEF HHGG IJKK LLMM| Soul | A |
| Whilst my Souls eye beheld no light | B |
| But what stream'd from thy gracious sight | B |
| To me the worlds greatest King | C |
| Seem'd but some little vulgar thing | C |
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| God | D |
| Whilst thou prov'dst pure and that in thee | E |
| I could glass all my Deity | E |
| How glad did I from Heaven depart | F |
| To find a lodging in thy heart | F |
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| S Now Fame and Greatness bear the sway | G |
| 'Tis they that hold my prisons Key | E |
| For whom my soul would die might she | E |
| Leave them her Immortalitie | F |
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| G I and some few pure Souls conspire | H |
| And burn both in a mutual fire | H |
| For whom I'd die once more ere they | G |
| Should miss of Heavens eternal day | G |
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| S But Lord what if I turn again | I |
| And with an adamantine chain | J |
| Lock me to thee What if I chase | K |
| The world away to give thee place | K |
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| G Then though these souls in whom I joy | L |
| Are Seraphims Thou but a toy | L |
| A foolish toy yet once more I | M |
| Would with thee live and for thee die | M |
Sir Henry Wotton
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A Dialogue Betwixt God And The Soul is a poem by Sir Henry Wotton. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.