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Saul's Armor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCDCD CECFGHGI CJCJKCKC LCLCGCGC MCMCNCNC COCOPQPQ

When first my soul enlistedA
My Saviour's foes to fightB
Mistaken friends insistedC
I was not armed arightC
So Saul advised DavidC
He certainly would failD
Nor could his life be savedC
Without a coat of mailD
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But David though he yieldedC
To put the armor onE
Soon found he could not wield itC
And ventured forth with noneF
With only sling and pebbleG
He fought the fight of faithH
The weapons seemed but feebleG
Yet proved Goliath's deathI
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Had I by him been guidedC
And quickly thrown awayJ
The armor men providedC
I might have gained the dayJ
But armed as they advised meK
My expectations failedC
My enemy surprised meK
And had almost prevailedC
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Furnished with books and notionsL
And arguments and prideC
I practised all my motionsL
And Satan's pow'r defiedC
But soon perceived with troubleG
That these would do no goodC
Iron to him is stubbleG
And brass like rotten woodC
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I triumphed at a distanceM
While he was out of sightC
But faint was my resistanceM
When forced to join in fightC
He broke my sword in shiversN
And pierced my boasted shieldC
Laughed at my vain endeavorsN
And drove me from the fieldC
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Satan will not be bravedC
By such a worm as IO
Then let me learn with DavidC
To trust in the Most HighO
To plead the name of JesusP
And use the sling of prayerQ
Thus armed when Satan sees usP
He'll tremble and despairQ

John Newton



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