Of Godly Fear Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB BB CC AA DE FF AA GG AA| Us godly fear delightful unto thee | A |
| That fear that God himself delights to see | A |
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| Bear sway in them that love him then he will | B |
| Thy godly mind in this request fulfil | B |
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| By giving thee a fear that tremble shall | B |
| At every trip thou takest lest thou fall | B |
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| And him offend or hurt thyself by sin | C |
| Or cause poor souls that always blind have been | C |
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| To stumble at thy falls and harder be | A |
| Against their own salvation and thee | A |
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| That fear that of itself would rather choose | D |
| The rod than to offend or to abuse | E |
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| In anything that blessed worthy name | F |
| That hath thee saved from that death and shame | F |
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| That sin would soon have brought thee to if he | A |
| Had not imputed righteousness to thee | A |
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| I will love them saith God and not depart | G |
| From them but put my fear within their heart | G |
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| That I to them may always lovely be | A |
| And that they never may depart from me | A |
John Bunyan
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