Preparatory Meditations - First Series: 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EDFDGG HIJKAA| What love is this of Thine that cannot be | A |
| In Thine infinity O Lord confined | B |
| Unless it in Thy very person see | A |
| Infinity and finity conjoined | C |
| What hath Thy godhead as not satisfied | D |
| Married our manhood making it its bride | D |
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| Oh matchless love Filling heaven to the brim | E |
| O'errunning it all running o'er beside | D |
| This world Nay overflowing hell wherein | F |
| For Thine elect there rose a mighty tide | D |
| That there our veins might through Thy person bleed | G |
| To quench those flames that else would on us feed | G |
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| Oh that Thy love might overflow my heart | H |
| To fire the same with love for love I would | I |
| But oh my straitened breast my lifeless spark | J |
| My fireless flame What chilly love and cold | K |
| In measure small In manner chilly See | A |
| Lord blow the coal Thy love enflame in me | A |
Edward Taylor
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