Esau Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDF GHGIJKJK LMNMOPOP QRQSTUTU VWVWXYZY| Poor Esau repented too late | A |
| That once he his birth right despised | B |
| And sold for a morsel of meat | C |
| What could not too highly be prized | B |
| How great was his anguish when told | D |
| The blessing he sought to obtain | E |
| Was gone with the birth right he sold | D |
| And none could recall it again | F |
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| He stands as a warning to all | G |
| Wherever the gospel shall come | H |
| O Hasten and yield to the call | G |
| While yet for repentance there's room | I |
| Your season will quickly be past | J |
| Then hear and obey it today | K |
| Lest when you seek mercy at last | J |
| The Saviour should frown you away | K |
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| What is it the world can propose | L |
| A morsel of meat at the best | M |
| For this are you willing to lose | N |
| A share in the joys of the blest | M |
| Its pleasures will speedily end | O |
| Its favor and praise are but breath | P |
| And what can its profits befriend | O |
| Your soul in the moment of death | P |
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| If Jesus for these you despise | Q |
| And sin to the Saviour prefer | R |
| In vain your entreaties and cries | Q |
| When summoned to stand at his bar | S |
| How will you his presence abide | T |
| What anguish will torture your heart | U |
| The saints all enthroned by his side | T |
| And you be compelled to depart | U |
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| Too often dear Saviour have I | V |
| Preferred some poor trifle to thee | W |
| How is it thou dost not deny | V |
| The blessing and birth right to me | W |
| No better than Esau I am | X |
| Though pardon and heav'n be mine | Y |
| To me belongs nothing but shame | Z |
| The praise and the glory be thine | Y |
John Newton
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