On The Truth Of The Saviour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG BHBH IJKJ LMLM NONP QRSR TBUB VGVG| E'en John the Baptist did not know | A |
| Who Christ the Lord could be | B |
| And bade his own disciples go | A |
| The strange event to see | B |
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| They said Art thou the one of whom | C |
| 'Twas written long before | D |
| Is there another still to come | E |
| Who will all things restore | D |
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| This is enough without a name | F |
| Go tell him what is done | G |
| Behold the feeble weak and lame | F |
| With strength rise up and run | G |
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| This is enough the blind now see | B |
| The dumb Hosannas sing | H |
| Devils far from his presence flee | B |
| As shades from morning's wing | H |
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| See the distress'd all bath'd in tears | I |
| Prostrate before him fall | J |
| Immanuel speaks and Lazarus hears | K |
| The dead obeys his call | J |
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| This is enough the fig tree dies | L |
| And withers at his frown | M |
| Nature her God must recognize | L |
| And drop her flowery crown | M |
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| At his command the fish increase | N |
| And loaves of barley swell | O |
| Ye hungry eat and hold your peace | N |
| And find a remnant still | P |
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| At his command the water blushed | Q |
| And all was turned to wine | R |
| And in redundance flowed afresh | S |
| And owned its God divine | R |
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| Behold the storms at his rebuke | T |
| All calm upon the sea | B |
| How can we for another look | U |
| When none can work as he | B |
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| This is enough it must be God | V |
| From whom the plagues are driven | G |
| At whose command the mountains nod | V |
| And all the Host of Heaven | G |
George Moses Horton
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