By Night When Others Soundly Slept Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGHI JDKD| By night when others soundly slept | A |
| And hath at once both ease and Rest | B |
| My waking eyes were open kept | A |
| And so to lie I found it best | B |
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| I sought him whom my Soul did Love | C |
| With tears I sought him earnestly | D |
| He bow'd his ear down from Above | C |
| In vain I did not seek or cry | E |
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| My hungry Soul he fill'd with Good | F |
| He in his Bottle put my tears | G |
| My smarting wounds washt in his blood | H |
| And banisht thence my Doubts and fears | I |
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| What to my Saviour shall I give | J |
| Who freely hath done this for me | D |
| I'll serve him here whilst I shall live | K |
| And Loue him to Eternity | D |
Anne Bradstreet
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