The Hold-fast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEDGG| I threaten'd to observe the strict decree | A |
| Of my dear God with all my power and might | B |
| But I was told by one it could not be | A |
| Yet I might trust in God to be my light | B |
| Then will I trust said I in Him alone | C |
| Nay e'en to trust in Him was also His | D |
| We must confess that nothing is our own | C |
| Then I confess that He my succour is | D |
| But to have nought is ours not to confess | E |
| That we have nought I stood amaz'd at this | F |
| Much troubled till I heard a friend express | E |
| That all things were more ours by being His | D |
| What Adam had and forfeited for all | G |
| Christ keepeth now who cannot fail or fall | G |
George Herbert
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