Heaven Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA HIHI JEJE| Not with the haloed saints would Heaven be | A |
| For such as I | B |
| Who have not reached to their serenity | A |
| So sweet and high | B |
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| Not with the martyrs washed by holy flame | C |
| Could I find place | D |
| For they are victors who through glory came | C |
| To see God's face | D |
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| Not with the perfect souls that enter there | E |
| Could mine abide | F |
| For clouded eyes from eyes all cloudless fair | E |
| 'Twere best to hide | F |
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| And not for me the wondrous streets of gold | G |
| Or crystal sea | A |
| I only know the brown earth worn and old | G |
| Where sinners be | A |
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| Unless I found those who to me belong | H |
| My dear and own | I |
| I in the vastness of that shining throng | H |
| Would be alone | I |
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| God guide us to some sun blessed little star | J |
| We ask not where | E |
| Nor whether it be near or it be far | J |
| So Love is there | E |
Virna Sheard
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