The Book Of Creation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLK MNMN OPOQ RSRT| The book of nature open lies | A |
| With much instruction stored | B |
| But till the Lord anoints our eyes | A |
| We cannot read a word | C |
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| Philosophers have pored in vain | D |
| And guessed from age to age | E |
| For reason's eye could ne'er attain | D |
| To understand a page | E |
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| Though to each star they give a name | F |
| Its size and motions teach | G |
| The truths which all the stars proclaim | F |
| Their wisdom cannot reach | G |
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| With skill to measure earth and sea | H |
| And weigh the subtle air | I |
| They cannot Lord discover thee | H |
| Though present everywhere | I |
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| The knowledge of the saints excels | J |
| The wisdom of the schools | K |
| To them his secrets God reveals | L |
| Though men account them fools | K |
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| To them the sun and stars on high | M |
| The flow'rs that paint the field | N |
| And all the artless birds that fly | M |
| Divine instruction yield | N |
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| The creatures on their senses press | O |
| As witnesses to prove | P |
| Their Saviour's pow'r and faithfulness | O |
| His providence and love | Q |
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| Thus may we study nature's book | R |
| To make us wise indeed | S |
| And pity those who only look | R |
| At what they cannot read | T |
John Newton
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