Faith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGHI JKLK MNMN OLOL PQPQ RLSL TUTU VWVW XYXZ| Lord how couldst thou so much appease | A |
| Thy wrath for sin as when man's sight was dim | B |
| And could see little to regard his ease | A |
| And bring by Faith all things to him | B |
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| Hungry I was and had no meat | C |
| I did conceit a most delicious feast | D |
| I had it straight and did as truly eat | C |
| As ever did a welcome guest | E |
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| There is a rare outlandish root | F |
| Which when I could not get I thought it here | G |
| That apprehension cur'd so well my foot | H |
| That I can walk to heav'n well near | I |
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| I owed thousands and much more | J |
| I did believe that I did nothing owe | K |
| And liv'd accordingly my creditor | L |
| Believes so too and lets me go | K |
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| Faith makes me any thing or all | M |
| That I believe is in the sacred story | N |
| And where sin placeth me in Adam's fall | M |
| Faith sets me higher in his glory | N |
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| If I go lower in the book | O |
| What can be lower than the common manger | L |
| Faith puts me there with him who sweetly took | O |
| Our flesh and frailty death and danger | L |
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| If bliss had lien in art or strength | P |
| None but the wise or strong had gained it | Q |
| Where now by Faith all arms are of a length | P |
| One size doth all conditions fit | Q |
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| A peasant may believe as much | R |
| As a great Clerk and reach the highest stature | L |
| Thus dost thou make proud knowledge bend and crouch | S |
| While grace fills up uneven nature | L |
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| When creatures had no real light | T |
| Inherent in them thou didst make the sun | U |
| Impute a lustre and allow them bright | T |
| And in this show what Christ hath done | U |
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| That which before was darkned clean | V |
| With bushy groves pricking the looker's eye | W |
| Vanisht away when Faith did change the scene | V |
| And then appear'd a glorious sky | W |
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| What though my body run to dust | X |
| Faith cleaves unto it counting ev'ry grain | Y |
| With an exact and most particular trust | X |
| Reserving all for flesh again | Z |
George Herbert
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