For Thine Own Sake, O My God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBB CBCBBB DBDBBB| Wearied of sinning wearied of repentance | A |
| Wearied of self I turn my God to Thee | B |
| To Thee my Judge on Whose all righteous sentence | A |
| Hangs mine eternity | B |
| I turn to Thee I plead Thyself with Thee | B |
| Be pitiful to me | B |
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| Wearied I loathe myself I loathe my sinning | C |
| My stains my festering sores my misery | B |
| Thou the Beginning Thou ere my beginning | C |
| Didst see and didst foresee | B |
| Me miserable me sinful ruined me | B |
| I plead Thyself with Thee | B |
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| I plead Thyself with Thee Who art my Maker | D |
| Regard Thy handiwork that cries to Thee | B |
| I plead Thyself with Thee Who wast partaker | D |
| Of mine infirmity | B |
| Love made Thee what Thou art the love of me | B |
| I plead Thyself with Thee | B |
Christina Rossetti
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