The Day Of Judgement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCDD EFEFF EGEGG HIHII JKJKK FFFFF| Day of judgement day of wonders | A |
| Hark the trumpet's awful sound | B |
| Louder than a thousand thunders | A |
| Shakes the vast creation round | B |
| How the summons will the sinner's heart confound | B |
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| See the Judge our nature wearing | C |
| Cloth'd in majesty divine | D |
| You who long for his appearing | C |
| Then shall say This God is mine | D |
| Gracious Saviour own me in that day for thine | D |
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| At his call the dead awaken | E |
| Rise to life from earth and sea | F |
| All the pow'rs of nature shaken | E |
| By his looks prepare to flee | F |
| Careless sinner what will then become of thee | F |
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| Horrors past imagination | E |
| Will surprise your trembling heart | G |
| When you hear your condemnation | E |
| Hence accursed wretch depart | G |
| Thou with Satan and his angels have thy part | G |
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| Satan who now tries to please you | H |
| Lest you timely warning take | I |
| When that word is past will seize you | H |
| Plunge you in the burning lake | I |
| Think poor sinner thy eternal all's at stake | I |
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| But to those who have confessed | J |
| Lov'd and serv'd the Lord below | K |
| He will say Come near ye blessed | J |
| See the kingdom I bestow | K |
| You for ever shall my love and glory know | K |
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| Under sorrows and reproaches | F |
| May this thought your courage raise | F |
| Swiftly God's great day approaches | F |
| Sighs shall then be chang'd to praise | F |
| We shall triumph when the world is in a blaze | F |
John Newton
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