The Great Tribunal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJKKKHKH DLDLKKKK HKHKMNMOJohn in vision saw the day | A |
When the Judge will hasten down | B |
Heav'n and earth shall flee away | A |
From the terror of his frown | B |
Dead and living small and great | C |
Raised from the earth and sea | D |
At his bar shall hear their fate | C |
What will then become of me | D |
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Can I bear his aweful looks | E |
Shall I stand in judgment then | F |
When I see the opened books | E |
Written by th' Almighty's pen | F |
If he to remembrance bring | G |
And expose to public view | H |
Every work and secret thing | G |
Ah my soul what canst thou do | H |
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When the list shall be produced | I |
Of the talents I enjoyed | J |
Means and mercies how abused | K |
Time and strength how misemployed | K |
Conscience then compelled to read | K |
Must allow the charge is true | H |
Say my soul what canst thou plead | K |
In that hour what wilt thou do | H |
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But the book of life I see | D |
May my name be written there | L |
Then from guilt and danger free | D |
Glad I'll meet him in the air | L |
That's the book I hope to plead | K |
'Tis the gospel opened wide | K |
Lord I am a wretch indeed | K |
I have sinned but thou hast died | K |
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Now my soul knows what to do | H |
Thus I shall with boldness stand | K |
Numbered with the faithful few | H |
Owned and saved at thy right hand | K |
If thou help a foolish worm | M |
To believe thy promise now | N |
Justice will at last confirm | M |
What thy mercy wrought below | O |
John Newton
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