The Good Samaritan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJL MNMO PQPR STST| How kind the good Samaritan | A |
| To him who fell among the thieves | B |
| Thus Jesus pities fallen man | C |
| And heals the wounds the soul receives | B |
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| O I remember well the day | D |
| When sorely wounded nearly slain | E |
| Like that poor man I bleeding lay | D |
| And groaned for help but groaned in vain | E |
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| Men saw me in this helpless case | F |
| And passed without compassion by | G |
| Each neighbor turned away his face | F |
| Unmoved by my mournful cry | G |
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| But he whose name had been my scorn | H |
| As Jews Samaritans despise | I |
| Came when he saw me thus forlorn | H |
| With love and pity in his eyes | I |
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| Gently he raised me from the ground | J |
| Pressed me to lean upon his arm | K |
| And into every gaping wound | J |
| He poured his own all healing balm | L |
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| Unto his church my steps he led | M |
| The house prepared for sinners lost | N |
| Gave charge I should be clothed and fed | M |
| And took upon him all the cost | O |
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| Thus saved from death from want secured | P |
| I wait till he again shall come | Q |
| When I shall be completely cured | P |
| And take me to his heav'nly home | R |
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| There through eternal boundless days | S |
| When nature's wheel no longer rolls | T |
| How shall I love adore and praise | S |
| This good Samaritan to souls | T |
John Newton
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that one kid: nice and soothing poem
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