Queen Of Sheba Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGHGIJIK ELELMNON PQPRSTST UVUVWXWY ZA2ZA2B2C2B2D2| From Sheba a distant report | A |
| Of Solomon's glory and fame | B |
| Invited the queen to his court | A |
| But all was outdone when she came | B |
| She cried with a pleasing surprise | C |
| When first she before him appeared | D |
| How much what I see with my eyes | C |
| Surpasses the rumour I heard | E |
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| When once to Jerusalem come | F |
| The treasure and train she had brought | G |
| The wealth she possessed at home | H |
| No longer had place in her thought | G |
| His house his attendants his throne | I |
| All struck her with wonder and awe | J |
| The glory of Solomon shone | I |
| In every object she saw | K |
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| But Solomon most she admired | E |
| Whose spirit conducted the whole | L |
| His wisdom which God had inspired | E |
| His bounty and greatness of soul | L |
| Of all the hard questions she put | M |
| A ready solution he showed | N |
| Exceeded her with and her suit | O |
| And more than she asked him bestowed | N |
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| Thus I when the gospel proclaimed | P |
| The Saviour's great name in my ears | Q |
| The wisdom for which he is famed | P |
| The love which to sinners he bears | R |
| I longed and I was not denied | S |
| That I in his presence might bow | T |
| I saw and transported I cried | S |
| A greater than Solomon Thou | T |
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| My conscience no comfort could find | U |
| By doubt and hard questions opposed | V |
| But He restored peace to my mind | U |
| And answered each doubt I proposed | V |
| Beholding me poor and distressed | W |
| His bounty supplied all my wants | X |
| My prayer could have never expressed | W |
| So much as this Solomon grants | Y |
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| I heard and was slow to believe | Z |
| But now with my eyes I behold | A2 |
| Much more than my heart could conceive | Z |
| Or language could ever have told | A2 |
| How happy thy servants must be | B2 |
| Who always before thee appear | C2 |
| Vouchsafe Lord this blessing to me | B2 |
| I find it is good to be here | D2 |
John Newton
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