Easter. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDEF GHHG IJJK LMML NOON PQQP RSSR TUUT GVWG| When dawns on earth the Easter sun | A |
| The dear saints feel an answering thrill | B |
| With whitest flowers their hands they fill | B |
| And singing all in unison | A |
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| Unto the battlements they press | C |
| The very marge of heaven how near | D |
| And bend and look upon us here | E |
| With eyes that rain down tenderness | F |
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| Their roses brimmed with fragrant dew | G |
| Their lilies fair they raise on high | H |
| Rejoice The Lord is risen they cry | H |
| Christ is arisen we prove it true | G |
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| Rejoice and dry those faithless tears | I |
| With which your Easter flowers are stained | J |
| Share in our bliss who have attained | J |
| The rapture of the eternal years | K |
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| Have proved the promise which endures | L |
| The Love that deigned the Love that died | M |
| Have reached our haven by His side | M |
| Are Christ's but none the less are yours | L |
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| Yours with a nearness never known | N |
| While parted by the veils of sense | O |
| Infinite knowledge joy intense | O |
| A love which is not love alone | N |
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| But faith perfected vision free | P |
| And patience limitless and wise | Q |
| Beloved the Lord is risen arise | Q |
| And dare to be as glad as we | P |
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| We do rejoice we do give thanks | R |
| O blessed ones for all your gain | S |
| As dimly through these mists of pain | S |
| We catch the gleaming of your ranks | R |
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| We will arise with zeal increased | T |
| Blending the while we strive and grope | U |
| Our paler festival of Hope | U |
| With your Fruition's perfect feast | T |
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| Bend low beloved against the blue | G |
| Lift higher still the lilies fair | V |
| Till following where our treasures are | W |
| We come to join the feast with you | G |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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