Christ's All! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCE CFCF GHGH IJIJ KLKL GMGN| Our Boys Who Have Gone to the Front | A |
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| Be christs was one of W T Stead's favourite sayings Not Be like Christ but Be christs And he used the word no doubt in its original meaning anointed ordained chosen As such we whose boys have gone to the Front think of them For they have gone most of them from a simple high sense of duty and in many cases under direst feeling of personal repulsion against the whole ghastly business They have sacrificed everything knowing full well that many of them will never return to us | B |
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| Ye are all christs in this your self surrender | C |
| True sons of God in seeking not your own | D |
| Yours now the hardships yours shall be the splendour | C |
| Of the Great Triumph and THE KING'S Well done | E |
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| Yours these rough Calvaries of high endeavour | C |
| Flame of the trench and foam of wintry seas | F |
| Nor Pain nor Death nor aught that is can sever | C |
| You from the Love that bears you on His knees | F |
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| Yes you are christs if less at times your seeming | G |
| Christ walks the earth in many a simple guise | H |
| We know you christs when in your souls' redeeming | G |
| The Christ light blazes in your steadfast eyes | H |
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| Here or hereafter you shall see it ended | I |
| This mighty work to which your souls are set | J |
| If from beyond then with the vision splendid | I |
| You shall smile back and never know regret | J |
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| Or soon or late for each the Life Immortal | K |
| And not for us to choose the How or When | L |
| Or late or soon what matter since the Portal | K |
| Leads but to glories passing mortal ken | L |
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| O Lads Dear Lads Our christs of God's anointing | G |
| Press on in hope Your faith and courage prove | M |
| Pass by these High Ways of the Lord's appointing | G |
| You cannot pass beyond our boundless love | N |
William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)
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