Manna To Israel Well Supplied Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIJ KDKD LMNM OPQP| Manna to Israel well supplied | A |
| The want of other bread | B |
| While God is able to provide | A |
| His people shall be fed | B |
| - | |
| Thus though the corn and wine should fail | C |
| And creature streams be dry | D |
| The prayer of faith will still prevail | C |
| For blessings from on high | D |
| - | |
| Of his kind care how sweet a proof | E |
| It suited every taste | F |
| Who gathered most had just enough | G |
| Enough who gathered least | H |
| - | |
| 'Tis thus our gracious Lord provides | I |
| Our comforts and our cares | J |
| His own unerring hand provides | I |
| And gives us each our shares | J |
| - | |
| He knows how much the weak can bear | K |
| And helps them when they cry | D |
| The strongest have no strength to spare | K |
| For such he'll strongly try | D |
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| Daily they saw the Manna come | L |
| And cover all the ground | M |
| But what they tried to keep at home | N |
| Corrupted soon was found | M |
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| Vain their attempt to store it up | O |
| This was to tempt the Lord | P |
| Israel must live by faith and hope | Q |
| And not upon a hoard | P |
John Newton
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