Love for a High School Motivational Speaker

[billy]

I love you, sainted lady;
take me down to Galilee.
Past the mount where once spoke Jesus,
on to where he walked the sea.

You were lithe and pure as sunrise,
light against a soot filled sky.
But rough frauds took down your candle,
read a rant, then huffed you dry.

Who can comprehend the reasons
why you went with them, that day.
Had you missed the classic folly
of a church demanding pay?

Now you dole out high school sermons
on the sin of headless bliss.
You've been saved through intervention;
I’m still waiting for that kiss

on my cheek, for I have loved you
through the lows and frantic peaks.
So walk me past old bayside steeples the meter feels to bumpy maybe lose the 'So"
by the shores of Galilee.

hard to comment on. peaks doesn't rhyme with galilee.
there are some blips with the meter, a half foot here a half foot there. 1/2 foot short on the first line if you're going for 4, 3.5, 4, 3.5 feet per verse.

i suppose using the same end rhyme works but it's still a little iffy unless it's a refrain.
not my cup of tea but not to shoddy