Would I, To Save My Dear Child? (hymn) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DCDC ECEC FCFC FCFC| Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself | A |
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| Would I to save my dear child dutiful | B |
| Dare the white breakers on a storm rent shore | C |
| Ay truly Thou all good all beautiful | B |
| Truly I would then truly Thou would'st more | C |
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| Would I for my poor son who desolate | D |
| After long sinning sued without my door | C |
| For pardon open it Ay fortunate | D |
| To hear such prayer I would Lord Thou would'st more | C |
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| Would I for e'en the stranger's weariness | E |
| And want divide albeit 'twere scant my store | C |
| Ay and mine enemy sick shelterless | E |
| Dying I would attend O Lord Thou more | C |
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| In dust and ashes my long infamy | F |
| Of unbelief I rue My love before | C |
| Thy love I set my heart's discovery | F |
| Is sweet whate'er I would Thou wouldest more | C |
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| I was Thy shelterless sick enemy | F |
| And Thou didst die for me yet heretofore | C |
| I have fear'd now learn I love's supremacy | F |
| Whate'er is known of love Thou lovest more | C |
Jean Ingelow
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