Long Did I Toil Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EAEADD FGFGFF HIHIFF| Long did I toil and knew no earthly rest | A |
| Far did I rove and found no certain home | B |
| At last I sought them in His sheltering breast | A |
| Who opes His arms and bids the weary come | C |
| With Him I found a home a rest divine | D |
| And since then I am His and He is mine | D |
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| The good I have is from His stores supplied | E |
| The ill is only what He deems the best | A |
| He for my Friend I m rich with naught beside | E |
| And poor without Him though of all possessed | A |
| Changes may come I take or I resign | D |
| Content while I am His while He is mine | D |
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| Whate er may change in Him no change is seen | F |
| A glorious Sun that wanes not nor declines | G |
| Above the clouds and storms He walks serene | F |
| And on His people s inward darkness shines | G |
| All may depart I fret not nor repine | F |
| While I my Savior s am while He is mine | F |
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| While here alas I know but half His love | H |
| But half discern Him and but half adore | I |
| But when I meet Him in the realms above | H |
| I hope to love Him better praise Him more | I |
| And feel and tell amid the choir divine | F |
| How fully I am His and He is mine | F |
Henry Francis Lyte
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