St. Peter's Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE EFGFDHEH EDEDGCGC CCCCCGCG| How watchful neede we to become | A |
| And how devoutly pray | B |
| That thee O Lord we fall not from | A |
| Upon our tryall day | B |
| For if thy great apostle said | C |
| He would not thee denie | D |
| Whom he that very night denayd | C |
| On what shall we relie | E |
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| For of ourselues we cannot leaue | E |
| One pleasure for thy sake | F |
| No nor one vertuous thought conceiue | G |
| Till vs thou able make | F |
| Nay we not onely thee denie | D |
| When persecutions be | H |
| But or forget or from thee flie | E |
| When peace attends on thee | H |
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| O let those prayers vs auail | E |
| Thou didst for Peter daigne | D |
| That when our foe shall us assaile | E |
| His labour may be vaine | D |
| Yea cast on vs those powerful eyes | G |
| That mou'd him to lament | C |
| We may bemoane with bitter cries | G |
| Our follies and repent | C |
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| And grant that such as him succeed | C |
| For pastors of thy fold | C |
| Thy sheepe and lambes may guide and feede | C |
| As thou appoint'st they should | C |
| By his example speaking what | C |
| They out in truth to say | G |
| And in their lives confirming that | C |
| They teach them to obey | G |
George Wither
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