A Dialogue Betwixt God And The Soul Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCC DEEFF GEEF HHGG IJKK LLMMSoul | 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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