Manna Hoarded Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD ECEC CFCF GCGC CHCI CJCK| The manna favored Israel's meat | A |
| Was gathered day by day | B |
| When all the host was served the heat | A |
| Melted the rest away | B |
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| In vain to hoard it up they tried | C |
| Against tomorrow came | D |
| It then bred worms and putrefied | C |
| And proved their sin and shame | D |
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| 'Twas daily bread and would not keep | E |
| But must be still renewed | C |
| Faith should not want a hoard or heap | E |
| But trust the Lord for food | C |
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| The truths by which the soul is fed | C |
| Must thus be had afresh | F |
| For notions resting in the head | C |
| Will only feed the flesh | F |
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| However true they have no life | G |
| Or unction to impart | C |
| They breed the worms of pride and strife | G |
| But cannot cheer the heart | C |
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| Nor can the best experience past | C |
| The life of faith maintain | H |
| The brightest hope will faint at last | C |
| Unless supplied again | I |
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| Dear Lord while we in prayer are found | C |
| Do thou the Manna give | J |
| O let it fall on all around | C |
| That we may eat and live | K |
John Newton
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