Gibeon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHI JJKK LLME NNOO PPQQ| When Joshua by God's command | A |
| Invaded Canaan's guilty land | A |
| Gibeon unlike the nations round | B |
| Submission made and mercy found | B |
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| Their stubborn neighbors who enraged | C |
| United war against them waged | C |
| By Joshua soon were overthrown | D |
| For Gibeon's cause was now his own | D |
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| He from whose arm they ruin feared | E |
| Their leader and ally appeared | E |
| An emblem of the Saviour's grace | F |
| To those who humbly seek his face | F |
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| The men of Gibeon wore disguise | G |
| And gained their peace by framing lies | G |
| For Joshua had no pow'r to spare | H |
| If he had known from whence they were | I |
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| But Jesus invitations sends | J |
| Treating with rebels as his friends | J |
| And holds the promise forth in view | K |
| To all who for his mercy sue | K |
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| Too long his goodness I disdained | L |
| Yet went at last and peace obtained | L |
| But soon the noise of war I heard | M |
| And former friends in arms appeared | E |
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| Weak in myself for help I cried | N |
| Lord I am pressed on every side | N |
| The cause is thine they fight with me | O |
| But every blow is aimed at thee | O |
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| With speed to my relief he came | P |
| And put my enemies to shame | P |
| Thus saved by grace I live to sing | Q |
| The love and triumphs of my King | Q |
John Newton
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