The Beggar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEE FGFGHH IBIDJJ KLKLMN ODODGP QRSRTT| Encouraged by thy word | A |
| Of promise to the poor | B |
| Behold a beggar Lord | C |
| Waits at thy mercy's door | D |
| No hand no heart O Lord but thine | E |
| Can help or pity wants like mine | E |
| - | |
| The beggar's usual plea | F |
| Relief from men to gain | G |
| If offered unto thee | F |
| I know thou would'st disdain | G |
| And pleas which move thy gracious ear | H |
| Are such as men would scorn to hear | H |
| - | |
| I have no right to say | I |
| That though I now am poor | B |
| Yet once there was a day | I |
| When I possessed more | D |
| Thou know'st that from my very birth | J |
| I've been the poorest wretch on earth | J |
| - | |
| Nor can I dare profess | K |
| As beggars often do | L |
| Though great is my distress | K |
| My wants have been but few | L |
| If thou shouldst leave my soul to starve | M |
| It would be what I well deserve | N |
| - | |
| 'Twere folly to pretend | O |
| I never begged before | D |
| Or if thou now befriend | O |
| I'll trouble thee no more | D |
| Thou often hast relieved my pain | G |
| And often I must come again | P |
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| Though crumbs are much too good | Q |
| For such a dog as I | R |
| No less than children's food | S |
| My soul can satisfy | R |
| O do not frown and bid me go | T |
| I must have all thou canst bestow | T |
John Newton
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