David's Fall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GGGG GGGG GGGG GHGH GIGI JKJK| How David when by sin deceived | A |
| From bad to worse went on | B |
| For when the Holy Spirit's grieved | A |
| Our strength and guard are gone | C |
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| His eye on Bathsheba once fixed | D |
| With poison filled his soul | E |
| He ventured on adult'ry next | F |
| And murder crowned the whole | E |
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| So from a spark of fire at first | G |
| That has not been descried | G |
| A dreadful flame has often burst | G |
| And ravaged far and wide | G |
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| When sin deceives it hardens too | G |
| For though he vainly fought | G |
| To hide his crimes from public view | G |
| Of God he little thought | G |
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| He neither would or could repent | G |
| No true compunction felt | G |
| 'Till God in mercy Nathan sent | G |
| His stubborn heart to melt | G |
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| The parable held forth a fact | G |
| Designed his case to show | H |
| But though the picture was exact | G |
| Himself he did not know | H |
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| Thou art the man the prophet said | G |
| That word his slumber broke | I |
| And when he owned his sin and prayed | G |
| The Lord forgiveness spoke | I |
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| Let those who think they stand beware | J |
| For David stood before | K |
| Nor let the fallen soul despair | J |
| For mercy can restore | K |
John Newton
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