In Sickness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJI KLKL MNMO PQRS TTTT UVWV TXTX YIYI QZQZ ABAX A2XB2X C2XC2XJesus since I with thee am one | A |
Confirm my soul in thee | B |
And still continue to tread down | C |
The man of sin in me | B |
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Let not the subtle foe prevail | D |
In this my feeble hour | E |
Frustrate all the hopes of hell | F |
Redeem from Satan's pow'r | G |
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Arm me O Lord from head to foot | H |
With righteousness divine | I |
My soul in Jesus firmly root | J |
And seal the Saviour mine | I |
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Proportion'd to my pains below | K |
O let my joys increase | L |
And mercy to my spirit flow | K |
In healing streams of peace | L |
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In life and death be thou my God | M |
And I am more than safe | N |
Chastis'd by thy paternal rod | M |
Support me with thy staff | O |
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Lay on me Saviour what thou wilt | P |
But give me strength to bear | Q |
Thy gracious hand this cross hath dealt | R |
Which cannot be severe | S |
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As gold refin'd may I come out | T |
In sorrow's furnace try'd | T |
Preserved from faithfulness and doubt | T |
And fully putify'd | T |
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When overwhelm'd with sore distress | U |
Out of the pit I cry | V |
On Jesus suffering in my place | W |
Help me to fix mine eye | V |
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When marr'd with tears and blood and sweat | T |
The glorious sufferer lay | X |
And in my stead sustain'd the heat | T |
And burden of the day | X |
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The pangs which my weak nature knows | Y |
Are swallow'd up in thine | I |
How numberless thy pondrous woes | Y |
How few how light are mine | I |
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O might I learn of thee to bear | Q |
Temptation pain and loss | Z |
Give me a heart inur'd to prayer | Q |
And fitted to the cross | Z |
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Make me O Lord thy patient son | A |
Thy language mine shall be | B |
quot Father thy gracious will be done | A |
I take the cup from thee quot | X |
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While thus my soul is fixt on him | A2 |
Once fasten'd to the wood | X |
Safe shall I pass through Jordan's stream | B2 |
And reach the realms of God | X |
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And when my soul mounts up to keep | C2 |
With thee the marriage feast | X |
I shall not die but fall asleep | C2 |
On my Redeemer's breast | X |
Augustus Montague Toplady
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