How Precious Are Thy Thoughts Of Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDFGG FHFHEE| How precious are thy thoughts of peace | A |
| O God to me how great their sum | B |
| New every morn they never cease | A |
| They were they are and yet shall come | B |
| In number and in compass more | C |
| Than ocean's sand or ocean's shore | C |
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| How from thy presence should I go | D |
| Or whither from thy spirit flee | E |
| Since all above around below | D |
| Exists in thine immensity | F |
| I feel thine all controlling will | G |
| And thy right hand upholds me still | G |
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| Search me O God and know my heart | F |
| Try me my secret soul survey | H |
| And warn thy servant to depart | F |
| From every false and evil way | H |
| So shall thy truth my guidance be | E |
| To life and immortality | E |
James Montgomery
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