Smyrna Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGD HDHD IJKJ GLGM| The message first to Smyrna sent | A |
| A message full of grace | B |
| To all the Saviour's flock is meant | A |
| In every age and place | B |
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| Thus to his church his chosen bride | C |
| Saith the great First and Last | D |
| Who ever lives though once he died | C |
| Hold thy profession fast | D |
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| Thy works and sorrows well I know | E |
| Performed and borne for me | F |
| Poor though thou art despised and low | E |
| Yet who is rich like thee | F |
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| I know thy foes and what they say | G |
| How long they have blasphemed | D |
| The synagogue of Satan they | G |
| Though they would Jews be deemed | D |
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| Though Satan for a season rage | H |
| And prisons be your lot | D |
| I am your friend and I engage | H |
| You shall not be forgot | D |
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| Be faithful unto death nor fear | I |
| A few short days of strife | J |
| Behold the prize you soon shall wear | K |
| A crown of endless life | J |
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| Hear what the holy Spirit saith | G |
| Of all who overcome | L |
| They shall escape the second death | G |
| The sinner's aweful doom | M |
John Newton
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