The Angel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH GEGE IJIJ KLML NONO ABAB PQPQ| Down the white ward with slow unswerving tread | A |
| He came ere break of day | B |
| A cowl was drawn about his down bent head | A |
| His misty robes were grey | B |
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| And no man even knew that he went by | C |
| None saw or heard him pass | D |
| Softly he moved as clouds drift down the sky | C |
| Or shadows cross the grass | D |
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| Close to a little bed where one lay low | E |
| At last he took his stand | F |
| And touched the head that tossed in restless woe | E |
| With gentle outstretched hand | F |
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| When bitterness he said is at an end | G |
| And joy grows far and dim | H |
| I am the angel whom the Lord doth send | G |
| To lead men on to Him | H |
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| Past the innumerable stars my friend | G |
| Past all the winds that blow | E |
| We too must travel to our journey's end | G |
| Arise And let us go | E |
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| Stay Stay the other cried I know thy face | I |
| Death is thy dreaded name | J |
| Nay I am known as 'Love' in that far place | I |
| He said from whence I came | J |
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| But still the other cried with moan and tear | K |
| I fear the dark and thee | L |
| There is no dark the angel said nor fear | M |
| For those who go with me | L |
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| There is no loneliness and nevermore | N |
| The shadow haunted night | O |
| When we pass out beyond Life's swinging door | N |
| The road he said is bright | O |
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| Then backward slipped the cowl from off his head | A |
| Downward the robe of grey | B |
| A radiant presence by the lowly bed | A |
| Greeted the breaking day | B |
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| Within the long white ward one lay alone | P |
| None watched by him awhile | Q |
| But some who passed him said in whispered tone | P |
| See on his lips the smile | Q |
Virna Sheard
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