Jesus, By Whose Grace I Live Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFEGHH IJKJLM NONOPP| Jesus by whose grace I live | A |
| From the fear of evil kept | B |
| Thou has lengthen'd my reprieve | C |
| Held in being while I slept | B |
| With the day my heart renew | D |
| Let me wake thy will to do | D |
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| Since the last revolving dawn | E |
| Scatter'd the nocturnal cloud | F |
| O how many souls have gone | E |
| Unprepar'd to meet their God | G |
| Yet thou dost prolong my breath | H |
| Nor hast seal'd my eyes in death | H |
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| O that I may keep thy word | I |
| Taught by thee to watch and pray | J |
| To thy service dearest Lord | K |
| Sanctify the present day | J |
| Swift its fleeting moments haste | L |
| Doom'd perhaps to be my last | M |
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| Crucify'd to all below | N |
| Earth shall never be my care | O |
| Wealth and honour I forego | N |
| This my only wish and care | O |
| Thine in life and death to be | P |
| Now and to eternity | P |
Augustus Montague Toplady
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