Against Lying Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFH IJIJ KLMLO 'tis a lovely thing for youth | A |
To early walk in wisdom's way | B |
To fear a lie to speak the truth | A |
That we may trust to all they say | B |
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But liars we can never trust | C |
Even when they say what is true | D |
And he who does one fault at first | E |
And lies to hide it makes it two | D |
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Have we not known nor heard nor read | F |
How God does hate deceit and wrong | G |
How Ananias was struck dead | F |
Caught with a lie upon his tongue | H |
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So did his wife Sapphira die | I |
When she came in and grew so bold | J |
As to confirm that wicked lie | I |
Which just before her husband told | J |
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The Lord delights in them that speak | K |
The words of truth but every liar | L |
Must have his portion in the lake | M |
That burns with brimstone and with fire | L |
Isaac Watts
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