The Vision Of Dry Bones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEE FFGHAAII JJKGLLMM NNOPQQRR SSNNAAJJ KKTTUUGH VVWXAAYY| EZEKIEL XXXVII | A |
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| The Spirit of God with resistless control | B |
| Like a sunbeam illumined the depths of my soul | B |
| And visions prophetical burst on my sight | C |
| As he carried me forth in the power of his might | C |
| Around me I saw in a desolate heap | D |
| The relics of those who had slept their death sleep | D |
| In the midst of the valley all reckless and bare | E |
| Like the hope of my country lie withering there | E |
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| Son of man can these dry bones long bleached in decay | F |
| Ever feel in their flesh the warm beams of the day | F |
| Can the spirit of life ever enter again | G |
| The perishing heaps that now whiten the plain | H |
| Lord thou knowest alone who their being first gave | A |
| Thy power may be felt in the depths of the grave | A |
| The hand that created again may impart | I |
| The rich tide of feeling and life to the heart | I |
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| Lo these dry bones are withered and shrunk in the blast | J |
| O'er their ashes the tempests of ages have past | J |
| And the flesh that once covered each mouldering frame | K |
| With the dust of the earth is re mingled again | G |
| At the voice of their God son of man they shall rise | L |
| The light shall revisit their death darkened eyes | L |
| Their sinews and flesh shall again be restored | M |
| They shall live and acknowledge the power of the Lord | M |
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| And lo as I prophesied o'er them a sound | N |
| Like the rushing of water was heard all around | N |
| The earth trembled and shook like a leaf in the wind | O |
| As those long severed limbs to each other were joined | P |
| And flesh came upon them and beauty and grace | Q |
| Returned as in life to each warrior's face | Q |
| A numberless host they lay stretched on the sod | R |
| All glowing and fresh from the hand of their God | R |
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| But the deep sleep of death on each eyelid still hung | S |
| Each figure was motionless mute every tongue | S |
| Through those slumbering thousands there breathed not a sound | N |
| And silence unbroken reigned awfully round | N |
| Raise thy voice son of man call the winds from on high | A |
| As viewless they sweep o'er the brow of the sky | A |
| And life shall return on the wings of the blast | J |
| And the slumber of death shall be broken at last | J |
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| I called to the wind and a deep answer came | K |
| In the rush of the tempest the bursting of flame | K |
| And the spirit of life as it breathed on the dead | T |
| Restored to each body the soul that had fled | T |
| Rejoicing to break from that dreamless repose | U |
| Like a host in the dark day of battle they rose | U |
| He alone who had formed them could number again | G |
| The myriads that filled all the valley and plain | H |
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| Son of man in this numerous army behold | V |
| My chosen of Israel beloved of old | V |
| They say that the hope of existence is o'er | W |
| That no power from death's grasp can the spirit restore | X |
| He who called you my people is mighty to save | A |
| Your God can re open the gates of the grave | A |
| From the chain of oblivion the soul can release | Y |
| And restore you again to your country in peace | Y |
Susanna Moodie
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