Against Lying Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFH IJIJ KLML| O '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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