Laodicea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GHGI JKLK MNMN OFOF PQPR| Hear what the Lord the great Amen | A |
| The true and faithful Witness says | B |
| He formed the vast creation's plan | C |
| And searches all our hearts and ways | D |
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| To some he speaks as once of old | E |
| I know thee thy profession's vain | F |
| Since thou art neither hot nor cold | E |
| I'll spit thee from me with disdain | F |
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| Thou boasteth I am wise and rich | G |
| Increased in goods and nothing need | H |
| And dost not know thou art a wretch | G |
| Naked and poor and blind and dead | I |
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| Yet while I thus rebuke I love | J |
| My message is in mercy sent | K |
| That thou may'st my compassion prove | L |
| I can forgive if thou repent | K |
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| Wouldst thou be truly rich and wise | M |
| Come buy my gold in fire well tried | N |
| My ointment to anoint thine eyes | M |
| My robe thy nakedness to hide | N |
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| See at thy door I stand and knock | O |
| Poor sinner shall I wait in vain | F |
| Quickly thy stubborn heart unlock | O |
| That I may enter with my train | F |
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| Thou canst not entertain a king | P |
| Unworthy thou of such a guest | Q |
| But I my own provisions bring | P |
| To make thy soul a heavenly feast | R |
John Newton
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