H. Baptism Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHHGBB| As he that sees a dark and shady grove | A |
| Stays not but looks beyond it on the sky | B |
| So when I view my sins mine eyes remove | C |
| More backward still and to that water fly | B |
| Which is above the heav'ns whose spring and rest | D |
| Is in my dear Redeemer's pierced side | E |
| O blessed streams either ye do prevent | F |
| And stop our sins from growing thick and wide | E |
| Or else give tears to drown them as they grow | G |
| In you Redemption measures all my time | H |
| And spreads the plaster equal to the crime | H |
| You taught the book of life my name that so | G |
| What ever future sins should me miscall | B |
| Your first acquaintance might discredit all | B |
George Herbert
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