A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDC EFFEGHHG IJJIKCCK| I will accept thy will to do and be | A |
| Thy hatred and intolerance of sin | B |
| Thy will at least to love that burns within | B |
| And thirsteth after Me | A |
| So will I render fruitful blessing still | C |
| The germs and small beginnings in thy heart | D |
| Because thy will cleaves to the better part | D |
| Alas I cannot will | C |
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| Dost not thou will poor soul Yet I receive | E |
| The inner unseen longings of the soul | F |
| I guide them turning towards Me I control | F |
| And charm hearts till they grieve | E |
| If thou desire it yet shall come to pass | G |
| Though thou but wish indeed to choose My love | H |
| For I have power in earth and heaven above | H |
| I cannot wish alas | G |
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| What neither choose nor wish to choose and yet | I |
| I still must strive to win thee and constrain | J |
| For thee I hung upon the cross in pain | J |
| How then can I forget | I |
| If thou as yet dost neither love nor hate | K |
| Nor choose nor wish resign thyself be still | C |
| Till I infuse love hatred longing will | C |
| I do not deprecate | K |
Christina Rossetti
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