Repentant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED AEFEGDGD ADHDDIDI JEFEAEGE| Oh lend me thy hand in the darkness | A |
| Lead me once more to the light | B |
| Bear with my folly and weakness | A |
| Point me the way to do right | B |
| Long have I groped in the shadow | C |
| Of error temptation and doubt | D |
| In the maze I've strayed hither and thither | E |
| Vainly seeking to find a way out | D |
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| When I grasp thy firm hand in the darkness | A |
| Courage takes place of my fear | E |
| No more do I shudder and tremble | F |
| When I know that my loved one is near | E |
| From sorrow and trouble oh lead me | G |
| From dangers that sorely affright | D |
| Till at last every terror shall leave me | G |
| And I rest in thine own loving light | D |
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| Rest Aye rest If I have thy forgiveness | A |
| If thy strong arm about me is twined | D |
| Let the past like a horrible vision | H |
| Be for ever cast out of thy mind | D |
| When I wilfully all my vows slighted | D |
| And sought joy in a glittering sin | I |
| I found but two lives that were blighted | D |
| Two hearts filled with ruin within | I |
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| Oh take me again to thy bosom | J |
| With a kiss tho' it be on my brow | E |
| And forgive one who wayward and sinful | F |
| Ne'er knew how she loved thee till now | E |
| And keep me away from the darkness | A |
| Let thy hand lead me on evermore | E |
| Let me cling to thee bless thee and love thee | G |
| As no loved one was e'er loved before | E |
John Hartley
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