The Foolish Virgins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EAEAFGFG HIHIJKJL MNONPQPQ RSBSCTCU| When descending from the sky | A |
| The Bridegroom shall appear | B |
| And the solemn midnight cry | A |
| Shall call professors near | B |
| How the sound our hearts will damp | C |
| How will shame o'erspread each face | D |
| If we only have a lamp | C |
| Without the oil of grace | D |
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| Foolish virgins then will wake | E |
| And seek for a supply | A |
| But in vain the pains they take | E |
| To borrow or to buy | A |
| Then with those they now despise | F |
| Earnestly they'll wish to share | G |
| But the best among the wise | F |
| Will have no oil to spare | G |
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| Wise are they and truly blest | H |
| Who then shall ready be | I |
| But despair will seize the rest | H |
| And dreadful misery | I |
| Once they'll cry we scorned to doubt | J |
| Though in lies our trust we put | K |
| Now our lamp of hope is out | J |
| The door of mercy shut | L |
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| If they then presume to plead | M |
| Lord open to us now | N |
| We on earth have heard and prayed | O |
| And with thy saints did bow | N |
| He will answer from his throne | P |
| Though you with my people mixed | Q |
| Yet to me you ne'er were known | P |
| Depart your doom is fixed | Q |
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| O that none who worship here | R |
| May hear that word Depart | S |
| Lord impress a godly fear | B |
| On each professor's heart | S |
| Help us Lord to search the camp | C |
| Let us not ourselves beguile | T |
| Trusting to a dying lamp | C |
| Without a stock of oil | U |
John Newton
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