The Gourd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHA JKJL MBMB| As once for Jonah so the Lord | A |
| To soothe and cheer my mournful hours | B |
| Prepared for me a pleasing gourd | A |
| Cool was its shade and sweet its flow'rs | B |
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| To prize his gift was surely right | C |
| But through the folly of my heart | D |
| It hid the Giver from my sight | C |
| And soon my joy was changed to smart | D |
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| While I admired its beauteous form | E |
| Its pleasant shade and graceful fruit | F |
| The Lord displeased sent forth a worm | G |
| Unseen to prey upon the root | F |
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| I trembled when I saw it fade | H |
| But guilt restrained the murm'ring word | I |
| My folly I confessed and prayed | H |
| Forgive my sin and spare my gourd | A |
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| His wondrous love can ne'er be told | J |
| He heard me and relieved my pain | K |
| His word the threat'ning worm controlled | J |
| And bid my gourd revive again | L |
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| Now Lord my gourd is mine no more | M |
| 'Tis thine who only couldst it raise | B |
| The idol of my heart before | M |
| Henceforth shall flourish to thy praise | B |
John Newton
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