Here Follow Several Occasional Meditations Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGHI JDKD| By night when others soundly slept | A |
| And had at once both case 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 bowed His ear down from above | C |
| In vain I did not seek or cry | E |
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| My hungry soul He filled with good | F |
| He in His bottle put my tears | G |
| My smarting wounds washed in His blood | H |
| And banished thence my doubts and fears | I |
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| What to my Savior shall I give | J |
| Who freely hath done this for me | D |
| I'll serve Him here whilst I shall live | K |
| And love Him to eternity | D |
Anne Bradstreet
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