Jericho; Or, The Waters Healed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHIHJ KLKLMNMN AOPOQRSR TUVUWXWX| Though Jericho pleasantly stood | A |
| And looked like a promising soil | B |
| The harvest produced little food | C |
| To answer the husbandman's toil | B |
| The water some property had | D |
| Which poisonous proved to the ground | E |
| The springs were corrupted and bad | D |
| The streams spread a barrenness round | E |
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| But soon by the cruse and the salt | F |
| Prepared by Elisha's command | G |
| The water was cured of its fault | F |
| And plenty enriched the land | G |
| An emblem sure this of the grace | H |
| On fruitless dead sinners bestowed | I |
| For man is in Jericho's case | H |
| Till cured by the mercy of God | J |
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| How noble a creature he seems | K |
| What knowledge invention and skill | L |
| How large and extensive his schemes | K |
| How much can he do if he will | L |
| His zeal to be learned and wise | M |
| Will yield to no limits or bars | N |
| He measures the earth and the skies | M |
| And numbers and marshals the stars | N |
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| Yet still he is barren of good | A |
| In vain are his talents and art | O |
| For sin has infected his blood | P |
| And poisoned the streams of his heart | O |
| Though cockatrice eggs he can hatch | Q |
| Or spider like cobwebs can weave | R |
| 'Tis madness to labor and watch | S |
| For what will destroy or deceive | R |
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| But grace like the salt in the cruse | T |
| When cast in the spring of the soul | U |
| A wonderful change will produce | V |
| Diffusing new life through the whole | U |
| The wilderness blooms like a rose | W |
| The heart which was vile and abhorred | X |
| Now fruitful and beautiful grows | W |
| The garden and joy of the Lord | X |
John Newton
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