My Heart Is Resting, O My Lord Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPQRQ IOSOTRUR VWXWISUS YZHZA2QB2Q C2D2E2D2PLF2L NG2H2G2II2J2I2 VBCBQOK2O IQL2QSXM2X AD2N2D2H2SO2S| My heart is resting O my God | A |
| I will give thanks and sing | B |
| My heart is at the secret source | C |
| Of every precious thing | B |
| Now the frail vessel Thou hast made | D |
| No hand but Thine shall fill | E |
| For the waters of the Earth have failed | F |
| And I am thirsty still | E |
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| I thirst for springs of heavenly life | G |
| And here all day they rise | H |
| I seek the treasure of Thy love | I |
| And close at hand it lies | H |
| And a new song is in my mouth | J |
| To long loved music set | K |
| Glory to Thee for all the grace | L |
| I have not tasted yet | K |
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| Glory to Thee for strength withheld | M |
| For want and weakness known | N |
| And the fear that sends me to Thy breast | O |
| For what is most my own | N |
| I have a heritage of joy | P |
| That yet I must not see | Q |
| But the hand that bled to make it mine | R |
| Is keeping it for me | Q |
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| There is a certainty of love | I |
| That sets my heart at rest | O |
| A calm assurance for today | S |
| That to be poor is best | O |
| A prayer reposing on His truth | T |
| Who hath made all things mine | R |
| That draws my captive will to Him | U |
| And makes it one with Thine | R |
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| I will give thanks for suffering now | V |
| For want and toil and loss | W |
| For the death that sin makes hard and slow | X |
| Upon my Savior s cross | W |
| Thanks for the little spring of love | I |
| That gives me strength to say | S |
| If they will leave me part in Him | U |
| Let all things pass away | S |
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| Sometimes I long for promised bliss | Y |
| But it will not come too late | Z |
| And the songs of patient spirits rise | H |
| From the place wherein I wait | Z |
| While in the faith that makes no haste | A2 |
| My soul has time to see | Q |
| A kneeling host of Thy redeemed | B2 |
| In fellowship with me | Q |
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| There is a multitude around | C2 |
| Responsive to my prayer | D2 |
| I hear the voice of my desire | E2 |
| Resounding everywhere | D2 |
| But the earnest of eternal joy | P |
| In every prayer I trace | L |
| I see the glory of the Lord | F2 |
| On every chastened face | L |
| - | |
| How oft in still communion known | N |
| Those spirits have been sent | G2 |
| To share the travail of my soul | H2 |
| Or show me what it meant | G2 |
| And I long to do some work of love | I |
| No spoiling hand could touch | I2 |
| For the poor and suffering of Thy flock | J2 |
| Who comfort me so much | I2 |
| - | |
| But the yearning thought is mingled now | V |
| With the thankful song I sing | B |
| For Thy people know the secret source | C |
| Of every precious thing | B |
| The heart that ministers for Thee | Q |
| In Thy own work will rest | O |
| And the subject spirit of a child | K2 |
| Can serve Thy children best | O |
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| Mine be the reverent listening love | I |
| That waits all day on Thee | Q |
| With the service of a watchful heart | L2 |
| Which no one else can see | Q |
| The faith that in a hidden way | S |
| No other eye may know | X |
| Finds all its daily work prepared | M2 |
| And loves to have it so | X |
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| My heart is resting O my God | A |
| My heart is in Thy care | D2 |
| I hear the voice of joy and health | N2 |
| Resounding everywhere | D2 |
| Thou art my portion saith my soul | H2 |
| Ten thousand voices say | S |
| And the music of their glad Amen | O2 |
| Will never die away | S |
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