Wrestling Jacob Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEE FGHGII CJCJKK LHMFKK NONOPP A QGQGRS CACARS TUTVWS AXAXRS CYCYSS ZXZXRS ECECRS| FIRST PART | A |
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| Come O thou Traveller unknown | B |
| Whom still I hold but cannot see | C |
| My company before is gone | D |
| And I am left alone with thee | C |
| With thee all night I mean to stay | E |
| And wrestle till the break of day | E |
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| I need not tell thee who I am | F |
| My sin and misery declare | G |
| Thyself hast called me by my name | H |
| Look on thy hands and read it there | G |
| But who I ask thee who art thou | I |
| Tell me thy name and tell me now | I |
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| In vain thou strugglest to get free | C |
| I never will unloose my hold | J |
| Art thou the Man that died for me | C |
| The secret of thy love unfold | J |
| Wrestling I will not let thee go | K |
| Till I thy name thy nature know | K |
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| Wilt thou not yet to me reveal | L |
| Thy new unutterable name | H |
| Tell me I still beseech thee tell | M |
| To know it now resolved I am | F |
| Wrestling I will not let thee go | K |
| Till I thy name thy nature know | K |
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| What though my shrinking flesh complain | N |
| And murmur to contend so long | O |
| I rise superior to my pain | N |
| When I am weak then am I strong | O |
| And when my all of strength shall fail | P |
| I shall with the God man prevail | P |
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| SECOND PART | A |
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| Yield to me now for I am weak | Q |
| But confident in self despair | G |
| Speak to my heart in blessings speak | Q |
| Be conquered by my instant prayer | G |
| Speak or thou never hence shalt move | R |
| And tell me if thy name be Love | S |
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| 'T is Love 't is Love Thou diedst for me | C |
| I hear thy whisper in my heart | A |
| The morning breaks the shadows flee | C |
| Pure universal Love thou art | A |
| To me to all thy bowels move | R |
| Thy nature and thy name is Love | S |
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| My prayer hath power with God the grace | T |
| Unspeakable I now receive | U |
| Through faith I see thee face to face | T |
| I see thee face to face and live | V |
| In vain I have not wept and strove | W |
| Thy nature and thy name is Love | S |
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| I know thee Saviour who thou art | A |
| Jesus the feeble sinner's friend | X |
| Nor wilt thou with the night depart | A |
| But stay and love me to the end | X |
| Thy mercies never shall remove | R |
| Thy nature and thy name is Love | S |
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| The Sun of Righteousness on me | C |
| Hath risen with healing in his wings | Y |
| Withered my nature's strength from thee | C |
| My soul its life and succor brings | Y |
| My help is all laid up above | S |
| Thy nature and thy name is Love | S |
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| Contented now upon my thigh | Z |
| I halt till life's short journey end | X |
| All helplessness all weakness I | Z |
| On thee alone for strength depend | X |
| Nor have I power from thee to move | R |
| Thy nature and thy name is Love | S |
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| Lame as I am I take the prey | E |
| Hell earth and sin with ease o'ercome | C |
| I leap for joy pursue my way | E |
| And as a bounding hart fly home | C |
| Through all eternity to prove | R |
| Thy nature and thy name is Love | S |
Charles Wesley
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