Humbled And Silenced By Mercy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLN OPOP QRQR| Once perishing in blood I lay | A |
| Creatures no help could give | B |
| But Jesus passed me in the way | A |
| He saw and bid me live | C |
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| Though Satan still his rule maintained | D |
| And all his arts employed | E |
| That mighty Word his rage restrained | D |
| I could not be destroyed | E |
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| At length the time of love arrived | F |
| When I my Lord should know | G |
| Then Satan of his pow'r deprived | F |
| Was forced to let me go | G |
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| O can I e'er that day forget | H |
| When Jesus kindly spoke | I |
| Poor soul my blood has paid thy debt | H |
| And now I break thy yoke | I |
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| Henceforth I take thee for my own | J |
| And give myself to thee | K |
| Forsake the idols thou hast known | J |
| And yield thyself to me | K |
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| Ah worthless heart it promised fair | L |
| And said it would be thine | M |
| I little thought it e'er would dare | L |
| Again with idols join | N |
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| Lord dost thou such backslidings heal | O |
| And pardon all that's past | P |
| Sure if I am not made of steel | O |
| Thou hast prevailed at last | P |
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| My tongue which rashly spoke before | Q |
| This mercy will restrain | R |
| Surely I now shall boast no more | Q |
| Nor censure nor complain | R |
John Newton
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