Peter Released From Prison Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKLMLM NONOKPKP JQJQRSRS| Fervent persevering prayers | A |
| Are faith's assured resource | B |
| Brazen gates and iron bars | C |
| In vain withstand their force | B |
| Peter when in prison cast | D |
| Though by soldiers kept with care | E |
| Though the doors were bolted fast | D |
| Was soon released by prayer | E |
| - | |
| While he slept an angel came | F |
| And spread a light around | G |
| Touched and called him by his name | F |
| And raised him from the ground | G |
| All his chains and fetters burst | H |
| Every door wide open flew | I |
| Peter thought he dreamed at first | H |
| But found the vision true | I |
| - | |
| Thus the Lord can make a way | J |
| To bring his saints relief | K |
| 'Tis their part to wait and pray | J |
| In spite of unbelief | K |
| He can break through walls of stone | L |
| Sink the mountain to a plain | M |
| They to whom his name is known | L |
| Can never pray in vain | M |
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| Thus in chains of guilt and sin | N |
| Poor sinners sleeping lie | O |
| No alarm is felt within | N |
| Although condemned to die | O |
| Till descending from above | K |
| Mercy smiling in his eyes | P |
| Jesus with a voice of love | K |
| Awakes and bids them rise | P |
| - | |
| Glad the summons they obey | J |
| And liberty desire | Q |
| Strait their fetters melt away | J |
| Like wax before the fire | Q |
| By the word of him who died | R |
| Guilty pris'ners to release | S |
| Every door flies open wide | R |
| And they depart in peace | S |
John Newton
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