Bartimaeus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFHIJIJ KLKLDMDM| Mercy O thou Son of David | A |
| Thus blind Bartimaeus prayed | B |
| Others by thy word are saved | C |
| Now to me afford thine aid | B |
| Many for his crying chid him | D |
| But he called the louder still | E |
| Till the gracious Saviour bid him | D |
| Come and ask me what you will | E |
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| Money was not what he wanted | F |
| Though by begging used to live | G |
| But he asked and Jesus granted | F |
| Alms which none but he could give | H |
| Lord remove this grievous blindness | I |
| Let my eyes behold the day | J |
| Strait he saw and won by kindness | I |
| Followed Jesus in the way | J |
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| O methinks I hear him praising | K |
| Publishing to all around | L |
| Friends is not my case amazing | K |
| What a Saviour I have found | L |
| O that all the blind but knew him | D |
| And would be advised by me | M |
| Surely would they hasten to him | D |
| He would cause them all to see | M |
John Newton
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