Meditation Before Sacrament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGHIIJJKLCC CJJMMNO| Arise my soul hast away | A |
| Thy god doth call canst thou stay | A |
| Thee to his table he invites | B |
| To tast of heavenly delights | B |
| He sufferd death to sett thee free | C |
| From sin canst thou slothfull be | C |
| To serve him should he for it call | D |
| Thy life would be a gift too small | D |
| But he desires to make it Blest | E |
| And now Invites thee to a feast | F |
| A feast of the divinest food | G |
| A feast of our own saviours flesh blood | H |
| For shame dull sluggish soul arise | I |
| Wilt thou so great a good despise | I |
| You'de earthly kings obey with pride | J |
| is ye king of heav'n deni'de | J |
| Thou know'st not what this act doth mean | K |
| Or would'st not sure be Backward then | L |
| The god who all has made tis he | C |
| Invites so base a worm as thee | C |
| wilt thou then ungratefull be | C |
| No Ld I come be thou kind | J |
| In mercy to me wretchd blind | J |
| The way thou must not onely shew | M |
| But give me eyes to find it too | M |
| Each step I take yn to thy holy place | N |
| Ile utter Halelujahs to thy praise | O |
Thomas Parnell
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