Shepherd Of Israel. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JFKF LMNO PJFJ QRSR| Shepherd of Israel o'er Thy fold | A |
| How sweet Thy guardian care | B |
| To them invisible indeed | C |
| Yet present everywhere | B |
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| Thy crook still points to pastures green | D |
| When rugged paths they see | E |
| Beside still waters bids them rest | F |
| And cast their care on Thee | E |
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| The stranger's voice thou Lord canst teach | G |
| Their watchful ears to know | H |
| And make their peace their heavenly peace | I |
| Like boundless waters flow | H |
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| When round this thorny world we stray | J |
| And find no place of rest | F |
| Then come like doves unto the ark | K |
| Faint wearied and oppressed | F |
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| Thy gentle hand is soon put forth | L |
| Each wanderer to receive | M |
| Thou bindest up the broken heart | N |
| And bidd'st the sinner live | O |
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| Why should we fear the storms of time | P |
| Thy word their force can stay | J |
| Enough be still the high behest | F |
| Which winds and waves obey | J |
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| Thy will be done can calm the soul | Q |
| By fearful tempests driven | R |
| The holiest anthem sung on earth | S |
| The highest heard in Heaven | R |
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney
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