In Evil Long I Took Delight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFH IJIJ KLMN OPQP RSRS| In evil long I took delight | A |
| Unawed by shame or fear | B |
| Till a new object struck my sight | A |
| And stopped my wild career | B |
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| I saw One hanging on a tree | C |
| In agony and blood | D |
| Who fixed His languid eyes on me | C |
| As near His cross I stood | E |
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| Sure never to my latest breath | F |
| Can I forget that look | G |
| It seemed to charge me with His death | F |
| Though not a word He spoke | H |
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| My conscience felt and owned the guilt | I |
| And plunged me in despair | J |
| I saw my sins His blood had spilt | I |
| And helped to nail Him there | J |
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| A second look He gave which said | K |
| I freely all forgive | L |
| This blood is for thy ransom paid | M |
| I die that thou mayst live | N |
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| Thus while His death my sin displays | O |
| In all its blackest hue | P |
| Such is the mystery of grace | Q |
| It seals my pardon too | P |
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| With pleasing grief and mournful joy | R |
| My spirit now is fill'd | S |
| That I should such a life destroy | R |
| Yet live by Him I kill'd | S |
John Newton
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