The Golden Calf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JDJD KLMN OPOP| When Israel heard the fiery law | A |
| From Sinai's top proclaimed | B |
| Their hearts seemed full of holy awe | C |
| Their stubborn spirits tamed | B |
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| Yet as forgetting all they knew | D |
| Ere forty days were past | E |
| With blazing Sinai still in view | D |
| A molten calf they cast | E |
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| Yea Aaron God's anointed priest | F |
| Who on the mount had been | G |
| He durst prepare the idol beast | F |
| And lead them on to sin | G |
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| Lord what is man and what are we | H |
| To recompense thee thus | I |
| In their offence our own we see | H |
| Their story points at us | I |
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| From Sinai we have heard thee speak | J |
| And from mount Calv'ry too | D |
| And yet to idols oft we seek | J |
| While thou art in our view | D |
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| Some golden calf or golden dream | K |
| Some fancied creature good | L |
| Presumes to share the heart with him | M |
| Who bought the whole with blood | N |
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| Lord save us from our golden calves | O |
| Our sin with grief we own | P |
| We would no more be thine by halves | O |
| But live to thee alone | P |
John Newton
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