When At Thy Footstool, Lord, I Bend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGB HIJI KLML| When at Thy footstool Lord I bend | A |
| And plead with Thee for mercy there | B |
| Think of the sinner s dying Friend | A |
| And for His sake receive my prayer | B |
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| O think not of my shame and guilt | C |
| My thousand stains of deepest dye | D |
| Think of the blood which Jesus spilt | C |
| And let that blood my pardon buy | D |
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| Think Lord how I am still Thine own | E |
| The trembling creature of Thy hand | F |
| Think how my heart to sin is prone | E |
| And what temptations round me stand | F |
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| O think upon Thy holy Word | G |
| And every plighted promise there | B |
| How prayer should evermore be heard | G |
| And how Thy glory is to spare | B |
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| O think not of my doubts and fears | H |
| My strivings with Thy grace divine | I |
| Think upon Jesus woes and tears | J |
| And let His merits stand for mine | I |
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| Thine eyes Thine ear they are not dull | K |
| Thine arm can never shortened be | L |
| Behold me here my heart is full | M |
| Behold and spare and succor me | L |
Henry Francis Lyte
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