The Good That I Would I Do Not Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFH IJKJ LMLM NONO PQPQ MRMS TUTU| I would but cannot sing | A |
| Guilt has untuned my voice | B |
| The serpent sin's envenomed sting | A |
| Has poisoned all my joys | C |
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| I know the Lord is nigh | D |
| And would but cannot pray | E |
| For Satan meets me when I try | D |
| And frights my soul away | E |
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| I would but can't repent | F |
| Though I endeavor oft | G |
| This stony heart can ne'er relent | F |
| Till Jesus make it soft | H |
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| I would but cannot love | I |
| Though wooed by love divine | J |
| No arguments have pow'r to move | K |
| A soul so base as mine | J |
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| I would but cannot rest | L |
| In God's most holy will | M |
| I know what he appoints is best | L |
| Yet murmur at it still | M |
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| Oh could I but believe | N |
| Then all would easy be | O |
| I would but cannot Lord relieve | N |
| My help must come from thee | O |
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| But if indeed I would | P |
| Though I can nothing do | Q |
| Yet the desire is something good | P |
| For which my praise is due | Q |
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| By nature prone to ill | M |
| Till thine appointed hour | R |
| I was as destitute of will | M |
| As now I am of pow'r | S |
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| Wilt thou not crown at length | T |
| The work thou hast begun | U |
| And with a will afford me strength | T |
| In all thy ways to run | U |
John Newton
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