Hymn Xiii: Happy Soul That Free From Harms Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHI DDCCJJEK LLHI MMNN| Happy soul that free from harms | A |
| Rests within his Shepherd's arms | A |
| Who his quiet shall molest | B |
| Who shall violate his rest | B |
| Jesus doth his spirit bear | C |
| Jesus takes his every care | C |
| He who found the wandering sheep | D |
| Jesus still delights to keep | D |
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| O that I might so believe | E |
| Steadfastly to Jesus cleave | E |
| On his only love rely | F |
| Smile at the destroyer nigh | F |
| Free from sin and servile fear | G |
| Have my Jesus ever near | G |
| All his care rejoice to prove | H |
| All his paradise of love | I |
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| Jesus seek thy wandering sheep | D |
| Bring me back and lead and keep | D |
| Take on thee my every care | C |
| Bear me on thy bosom bear | C |
| Let me know my Shepherd's voice | J |
| More and more in thee rejoice | J |
| More and more of thee receive | E |
| Ever in thy Spirit live | K |
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| Live till all thy life I know | L |
| Perfect through my Lord below | L |
| Gladly then from earth remove | H |
| Gathered to the fold above | I |
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| O that I at last may stand | M |
| With the sheep at thy right hand | M |
| Take the crown so freely given | N |
| Enter in by thee to heaven | N |
Charles Wesley
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