Father Forgive Them Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLN OPOP| Father forgive the Saviour said | A |
| They know not what they do | B |
| His heart was moved when thus he prayed | C |
| For me my friends and you | B |
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| He saw that as the Jews abused | D |
| And crucified his flesh | E |
| So he by us would be refused | D |
| And crucified afresh | E |
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| Through love of sin we long were prone | F |
| To act as Satan bid | G |
| But now with grief and shame we own | F |
| We knew not what we did | G |
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| We knew not the desert of sin | H |
| Nor whom we thus defied | I |
| Nor where our guilty souls had been | H |
| If Jesus had not died | I |
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| We knew not what a law we broke | J |
| How holy just and pure | K |
| Nor what a God we durst provoke | J |
| But thought ourselves secure | K |
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| But Jesus all our guilt foresaw | L |
| And shed his precious blood | M |
| To satisfy the holy law | L |
| And make our peace with God | N |
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| My sin dear Saviour made thee bleed | O |
| Yet didst thou pray for me | P |
| I knew not what I did indeed | O |
| When ignorant of thee | P |
John Newton
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