Overshadowed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD EFEFGG HIHIJK LMLNOO PQPQRR SKSKTT| Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and couches that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them | A |
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| Mid the thronged bustle of the city street | B |
| In the hot hush of noon | C |
| I wait with folded hands and nerveless feet | B |
| Surely He will come soon | C |
| Surely the Healer will not pass me by | D |
| But listen to my cry | D |
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| Long are the hours in which I lie and wait | E |
| Heavy the load I bear | F |
| But He will come ere evening Soon or late | E |
| I shall behold Him there | F |
| Shall hear His dear voice all the clangor through | G |
| What wilt thou that I do | G |
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| If Thou but wilt Lord Thou canst make me clean | H |
| Thus shall I answer swift | I |
| And He will touch me as He walks serene | H |
| And I shall rise and lift | I |
| This couch so long my prison house of pain | J |
| And be made whole again | K |
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| He lingers yet But lo a hush a hum | L |
| The multitudes press on | M |
| After some leader Surely He is come | L |
| He nears me He is gone | N |
| Only His shadow reached me as He went | O |
| Yet here I rest content | O |
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| In that dear shadow like some healing spell | P |
| A heavenly patience lay | Q |
| Its balm of peace enwrapped me as it fell | P |
| My pains all fled away | Q |
| The weariness the deep unrest of soul | R |
| I am indeed made whole | R |
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| It is enough Lord though Thy face divine | S |
| Was turned to other men | K |
| Although no touch no questioning voice was mine | S |
| Thou wilt come once again | K |
| And if Thy shadow brings such bliss to me | T |
| What must Thy presence be | T |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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