At The Ford Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGH A IJKJ LMNM OPQP A RSTS UVWV FRIR| I | A |
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| A death like dew was falling | B |
| On the herbs and the grassy ground | C |
| The stars to their bournes prest forward | D |
| Night cloaked the hills around | C |
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| He thought of a night long past | E |
| Of the ladder that reached to heaven | F |
| The Face that shone above it | G |
| The pillar his pillows of even | H |
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| II | A |
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| From out of the sleeve of the darkness | I |
| Was thrust an arm of strength | J |
| Long he wrestled for mastery | K |
| But begged for blessing at length | J |
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| White fear fell on him at dawn | L |
| As the Nameless spake with him then | M |
| Prevailer and Prince called He him | N |
| A power with God and with men | M |
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| And alone the lame wrestler mused | O |
| The Face of God is this place | P |
| Ah me and my life is preserved | Q |
| Yet God have I seen face to face | P |
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| III | A |
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| Life's darkness is background for God | R |
| For unsleeping Love's high command | S |
| And the shadowy heap of each life | T |
| Is revealed at the touch of His hand | S |
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| And the arm of Love doth wrestle | U |
| All night by the fords we cross | V |
| To shrivel our sinews of self | W |
| And give His blessing for loss | V |
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| Night shows the houses of heaven | F |
| O pilgrim for life's journey shod | R |
| And from out the sleeve of darkness | I |
| Is thrust the arm of God | R |
Theodore Harding Rand
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