Everymaid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGBHIBJKCBLEBMBCEBBE LCLCLC| King's Daughter | A |
| Wouldst thou be all fair | B |
| Without within | C |
| Peerless and beautiful | D |
| A very Queen | E |
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| Know then | F |
| Not as men build unto the Silent One | G |
| With clang and clamour | B |
| Traffic of rude voices | H |
| Clink of steel on stone | I |
| And din of hammer | B |
| Not so the temple of thy grace is reared | J |
| But in the inmost shrine | K |
| Must thou begin | C |
| And build with care | B |
| A Holy Place | L |
| A place unseen | E |
| Each stone a prayer | B |
| Then having built | M |
| Thy shrine sweep bare | B |
| Of self and sin | C |
| And all that might demean | E |
| And with endeavour | B |
| Watching ever praying ever | B |
| Keep it fragrant sweet and clean | E |
| So by God's grace it be fit place | L |
| His Christ shall enter and shall dwell therein | C |
| Not as in earthly fane where chase | L |
| Of steel on stone may strive to win | C |
| Some outward grace | L |
| Thy temple face is chiselled from within | C |
William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)
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