Prayer Is The Soul's Sincere Desire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FCCE GDGD HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO HIHI| Prayer is the soul s sincere desire | A |
| Unuttered or expressed | B |
| The motion of a hidden fire | A |
| That trembles in the breast | B |
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| Prayer is the burden of a sigh | C |
| The falling of a tear | D |
| The upward glancing of an eye | C |
| When none but God is near | E |
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| Prayer is the simplest form of speech | F |
| That infant lips can try | C |
| The upward glancing of an eye | C |
| When none but God is near | E |
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| Prayer is the Christian s vital breath | G |
| The Christian s native air | D |
| His watchword at the gates of death | G |
| He enters heaven with prayer | D |
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| O Thou by Whom we come to God | H |
| The Life the Truth the Way | I |
| The path of prayer Thyself hast trod | H |
| Lord teach us how to pray | I |
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| Prayer is the contrite sinner s voice | J |
| Returning from his ways | K |
| While angels in their songs rejoice | J |
| And cry Behold he prays | K |
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| The saints in prayer appear as one | L |
| In word in deed and mind | M |
| While with the Father and the Son | L |
| Sweet fellowship they find | M |
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| No prayer is made by man alone | N |
| The Holy Spirit pleads | O |
| And Jesus on th eternal throne | N |
| For sinners intercedes | O |
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| O Thou by Whom we come to God | H |
| The Life the Truth the Way | I |
| The path of prayer Thyself hast trod | H |
| Lord teach us how to pray | I |
James Montgomery
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