The Ark: A Poem For Music Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJ K LMNMOOPP GQRS T UUVVKKK I WXYZA2UB2 C2 LD2E2LBF2G2 I H2I2J2K2L2CM2NN2O2YP 2J2J2YGV| MICHAEL ARCHANGEL | A |
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| High on Imaus' solitary van | B |
| Which overlooked the kingdoms of the world | C |
| With stature more majestic his stern brow | D |
| In the clear light the thunder at his feet | E |
| In his right hand the flaming sword that waved | F |
| O'er Eden's gate and in his left the trump | G |
| That on the day of doom shall sound and wake | H |
| Earth's myriads starting from the wormy grave | I |
| The great archangel stood and hark his voice | J |
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| AIR | K |
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| It comes it comes o'er cities temples towers | L |
| O'er mountain heights I see the deluge sweep | M |
| Heard ye from earth the cry at that last hour | N |
| Heard ye the tossing of the desert deep | M |
| How dismal is its roar | O |
| I heard the sound of multitudes no more | O |
| Great Lord of heaven and earth thy voice is fate | P |
| Thou canst destroy as first thou didst create | P |
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| He stood and sounded the archangel's trump | G |
| And now a choir of seraphim drew near | Q |
| By Raphael led in sad and solemn strains | R |
| They raised their supplication to Heaven's throne | S |
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| CHORUS | T |
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| O Thou whose mighty voice Let there be light | U |
| Dread Chaos heard when the great sun from night | U |
| Burst forth and demon shadows fled away | V |
| And the green earth sprang beautiful to day | V |
| Oh merciful in judgment hear our prayer | K |
| Behold the world which Thou hast made so fair | K |
| And man the mourner man the sinner spare | K |
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| GABRIEL RECITATIVE | I |
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| Oh what a change have sin and sorrow made | W |
| In the beginning God created heaven | X |
| And earth and man amid the works of God | Y |
| Majestic stood his noblest creature formed | Z |
| In God's own image and his fair abode | A2 |
| Was visited by seraph shapes of light | U |
| And sin and death were not | B2 |
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| TRIO | C2 |
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| Mourn mourn ye bowers | L |
| Of paradise ye pleasant hills and woods | D2 |
| Mourn for the dreadful voice hath passed that shrunk | E2 |
| Your streams and withered all your blooming flowers | L |
| And thou created in God's image man | B |
| Go forth into the nether world for dust | F2 |
| Thou art and unto dust shalt thou return | G2 |
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| RECITATIVE | I |
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| So led by Sin and Death and his pale troop | H2 |
| Impatient came and all this goodly scene | I2 |
| As at the withering of a demon's curse was blasted | J2 |
| Then they two went forth from whom | K2 |
| Their children sorrow and sin and death derived | L2 |
| They two went forth into the forlorn world | C |
| Heart struck but not despairing | M2 |
| From that hour | N |
| Death's shadow walks on earth a hideous form | N2 |
| Saddening the very sun and giant crimes | O2 |
| Have multiplied till to the throne of God | Y |
| And the serene air of untroubled bliss | P2 |
| The noise of violence and the cries of blood | J2 |
| Have from the ground ascended | J2 |
| Therefore God | Y |
| Me hath commissioned to uplift the trump | G |
| Of doom and sweep this world of sin away | V |
William Lisle Bowles
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