Deliverance From Another Sore Fit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGHG IEIE EAEJ KLKL MNMN| In my distress I sought the Lord | A |
| When naught on earth could comfort give | B |
| And when my soul these things abhorred | A |
| Then Lord Thou said'st unto me Live | C |
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| Thou knowest the sorrows that I felt | D |
| My plaints and groans were heard of Thee | E |
| And how in sweat I seemed to melt | D |
| Thou help'st and Thou regardest me | E |
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| My wasted flesh Thou didst restore | F |
| My feeble loins didst gird with strength | G |
| Yea when I was most low and poor | H |
| I said I shall praise Thee at length | G |
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| What shall I render to my God | I |
| For all His bounty showed to me | E |
| Even for His mercies in His rod | I |
| Where pity most of all I see | E |
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| My heart I wholly give to Thee | E |
| O make it fruitful faithful Lord | A |
| My life shall dedicated be | E |
| To praise in thought in deed in word | J |
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| Thou know'st no life I did require | K |
| Longer than still Thy name to praise | L |
| Nor ought on earth worthy desire | K |
| In drawing out these wretched days | L |
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| Thy name and praise to celebrate | M |
| O Lord for aye is my request | N |
| O grant I do it in this state | M |
| And then with Thee which is the best | N |
Anne Bradstreet
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