Sinners, Turn, Why Will Ye Die? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDAA AAECFGAA AAHIECAA JJKLFFAASinners turn why will ye die | A |
God your Maker asks you why | A |
God who did your being give | B |
Made you with himself to live | C |
He the fatal cause demands | D |
Asks the work of his own hands | D |
Why ye thankless creatures why | A |
Will ye cross his love and die | A |
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Sinners turn why will ye die | A |
God your Saviour asks you why | A |
God who did your souls retrieve | E |
Died himself that ye might live | C |
Will you let him die in vain | F |
Crucify your Lord again | G |
Why ye ransomed sinners why | A |
Will you slight his grace and die | A |
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Sinners turn why will ye die | A |
God the Spirit asks you why | A |
He who all your lives hath strove | H |
Wooed you to embrace his love | I |
Will you not his grace receive | E |
Will you still refuse to live | C |
Why ye long sought sinners why | A |
Will you grieve your God and die | A |
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Dead already dead within | J |
Spiritually dead in sin | J |
Dead to God while here you breathe | K |
Pant ye after second death | L |
Will you still in sin remain | F |
Greedy of eternal pain | F |
O ye dying sinners why | A |
Why will you for ever die | A |
Charles Wesley
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