Looking Unto Jesus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEE FFGG HHII JJKL CCMM NNOO PPQR| By various maxims forms and rules | A |
| That pass for wisdom in the schools | A |
| I strove my passion to restrain | B |
| But all my efforts proved in vain | B |
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| But since the Saviour I have known | C |
| My rules are all reduced to one | D |
| To keep my Lord by faith in view | E |
| This strength supplies and motives too | E |
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| I see him lead a suff'ring life | F |
| Patient amidst reproach and strife | F |
| And from his pattern courage take | G |
| To bear and suffer for his sake | G |
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| Upon the cross I see him bleed | H |
| And by the sight from guilt am freed | H |
| This sight destroys the life of sin | I |
| And quickens heav'nly life within | I |
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| To look to Jesus as he rose | J |
| Confirms my faith disarms my foes | J |
| Satan I shame and overcome | K |
| By pointing to my Saviour's tomb | L |
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| Exalted on his glorious throne | C |
| I see him make my cause his own | C |
| Then all my anxious cares subside | M |
| For Jesus lives and will provide | M |
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| I see him look with pity down | N |
| And hold in view the conqu'ror's crown | N |
| If pressed with griefs and cares before | O |
| My soul revives nor asks for more | O |
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| By faith I see the hour at hand | P |
| When in his presence I shall stand | P |
| Then it will be my endless bliss | Q |
| To see him where and as he is | R |
John Newton
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