Hymn 158 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGFG FHIJ KLKL| Few saved or The almost Christian the hypocrite and apostate | A |
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| Broad is the road that leads to death | B |
| And thousands walk together there | C |
| But wisdom shows a narrower path | D |
| With here and there a traveller | E |
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| Deny thyself and take thy cross | F |
| Is the Redeemer's great command | G |
| Nature must count her gold but dross | F |
| If she would gain this heav'nly land | G |
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| The fearful soul that tires and faints | F |
| And walks the ways of God no more | H |
| Is but esteemed almost a saint | I |
| And makes his own destruction sure | J |
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| Lord let not all my hopes be vain | K |
| Create my heart entirely new | L |
| Which hypocrites could ne'er attain | K |
| Which false apostates never knew | L |
Isaac Watts
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