Dagon Before The Ark Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI JKLK| When first to make my heart his own | A |
| The Lord revealed his mighty grace | B |
| Self reigned like Dagon on the throne | A |
| But could not long maintain its place | B |
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| It fell and owned the pow'r divine | C |
| Grace can with ease the vict'ry gain | D |
| But soon this wretched heart of mine | C |
| Contrived to set it up again | E |
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| Again the Lord his name proclaimed | F |
| And brought the hateful idol low | G |
| Then self like Dagon broken maimed | F |
| Seemed to receive a mortal blow | G |
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| Yet self is not of life bereft | H |
| Nor ceases to oppose his will | I |
| Though but a maimed stump be left | H |
| 'Tis Dagon 'tis an idol still | I |
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| Lord must I always guilty prove | J |
| And idols in my heart have room | K |
| Oh let the fire of heavenly love | L |
| The very slump of self consume | K |
John Newton
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