Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEAA FFAA GGHH GGII| Jesus I my cross have taken all to leave and follow Thee | A |
| Destitute despised forsaken Thou from hence my all shall be | A |
| Perish every fond ambition all I ve sought or hoped or known | B |
| Yet how rich is my condition God and heaven are still mine own | B |
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| Let the world despise and leave me they have left my Savior too | C |
| Human hearts and looks deceive me Thou art not like them untrue | C |
| And while Thou shalt smile upon me God of wisdom love and might | D |
| Foes may hate and friends disown me show Thy face and all is bright | D |
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| Go then earthly fame and treasure Come disaster scorn and pain | E |
| In Thy service pain is pleasure with Thy favor loss is gain | E |
| I have called Thee Abba Father I have set my heart on Thee | A |
| Storms may howl and clouds may gather all must work for good to me | A |
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| Man may trouble and distress me twill but drive me to Thy breast | F |
| Life with trials hard may press me heaven will bring me sweeter rest | F |
| Oh tis not in grief to harm me while Thy love is left to me | A |
| Oh twere not in joy to charm me were that joy unmixed with Thee | A |
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| Take my soul thy full salvation rise o er sin and fear and care | G |
| Joy to find in every station something still to do or bear | G |
| Think what Spirit dwells within thee what a Father s smile is thine | H |
| What a Savior died to win thee child of heaven shouldst thou repine | H |
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| Haste then on from grace to glory armed by faith and winged by prayer | G |
| Heaven s eternal day s before thee God s own hand shall guide thee there | G |
| Soon shall close thy earthly mission swift shall pass thy pilgrim days | I |
| Hope soon change to glad fruition faith to sight and prayer to praise | I |
Henry Francis Lyte
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