Sabbath Morning. (from The Villager's Verse-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI| The Sabbath bells are knolling slow | A |
| The summer morn how fair | B |
| Whilst father mother children go | A |
| And seek the house of prayer | B |
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| Some musing roam the churchyard round | C |
| Some turn their heads with sighs | D |
| And gaze upon the new made ground | C |
| Where old Giles Summers lies | D |
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| But see the pastor in his band | E |
| The bells have ceased to knoll | F |
| Now enter and at God's command | E |
| Think Christian of thy soul | F |
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| Whilst heavenly hopes around thee shine | G |
| As in God's presence live | H |
| And calmer comforts shall be thine | G |
| Than all the world can give | I |
William Lisle Bowles
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