The Hiding Place Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MNMNOPQP| See the gloomy gath'ring cloud | A |
| Hanging o'er a sinful land | B |
| Sure the Lord proclaims aloud | A |
| Times of trouble are at hand | B |
| Happy they who love his name | C |
| They shall always find him near | D |
| Though the earth were wrapped in flame | C |
| They have no just cause for fear | D |
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| Hark his voice in accents mild | E |
| O how comforting and sweet | F |
| Speaks to every humble child | E |
| Pointing out a sure retreat | F |
| Come and in my chambers hide | G |
| To my saints of old well known | H |
| There you safely may abide | G |
| Till the storm be overblown | H |
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| You have only to repose | I |
| On my wisdom love and care | J |
| Where my wrath consumes my foes | I |
| Mercy shall my children spare | J |
| While they perish in the flood | K |
| You that bear my holy mark | L |
| Sprinkled with atoning blood | K |
| Shall be safe within the ark | L |
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| Sinners see the ark prepared | M |
| Haste to enter while there's room | N |
| Though the Lord his arm has bared | M |
| Mercy still retards your doom | N |
| Seek him while there yet is hope | O |
| Ere the day of grace be past | P |
| Lest in wrath he give you up | Q |
| And this call should prove your last | P |
John Newton
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