The Barren Fig-tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFGFHH IJIJKL MNONGP QRQRST UPUPFF| The church a garden is | A |
| In which believers stand | B |
| Like ornamental trees | C |
| Planted by God's own hand | B |
| His Spirit waters all their roots | D |
| And every branch abounds with fruits | D |
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| But other trees there are | E |
| In this enclosure grow | F |
| Which though they promise fair | G |
| Have only leaves to show | F |
| No fruits of grace are on them found | H |
| They stand but cumb'rers of the ground | H |
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| The under gard'ner grieves | I |
| In vain his strength he spends | J |
| For heaps of useless leaves | I |
| Afford him small amends | J |
| He hears the Lord his will make known | K |
| To cut the barren fig trees down | L |
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| How difficult his post | M |
| What pangs his bowels move | N |
| To find his wishes crossed | O |
| His labors useless prove | N |
| His last relief is earnest prayer | G |
| Lord spare them yet another year | P |
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| Spare them and let me try | Q |
| What farther means may do | R |
| I'll fresh manure apply | Q |
| My digging I'll renew | R |
| Who knows but yet they fruit may yield | S |
| If not 'tis just they must be felled | T |
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| If under means of grace | U |
| No gracious fruits appear | P |
| It is a dreadful case | U |
| Though God may long forbear | P |
| At length he'll strike the threatened blow | F |
| And lay the barren fig tree low | F |
John Newton
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