The Importunate Widow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIHH JHKH HLHM HNHN DOOO PHQH ROHO| Our Lord who knows full well | A |
| The heart of every saint | B |
| Invites us by a parable | C |
| To pray and never faint | B |
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| He bows his gracious ear | D |
| We never plead in vain | E |
| Yet we must wait till he appear | F |
| And pray and pray again | G |
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| Though unbelief suggest | H |
| Why should we longer wait | I |
| He bids us never give him rest | H |
| But be importunate | H |
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| 'Twas thus a widow poor | J |
| Without support or friend | H |
| Beset the unjust judge's door | K |
| And gained at last her end | H |
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| For her he little cared | H |
| As little for the laws | L |
| Nor God nor man did he regard | H |
| Yet he espoused her cause | M |
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| She urged him day and night | H |
| Would no denial take | N |
| At length he said I'll do her right | H |
| For my own quiet sake | N |
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| And shall not Jesus hear | D |
| His chosen when they cry | O |
| Yes though he may awhile forbear | O |
| He'll help them from on high | O |
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| His nature truth and love | P |
| Engage him on their side | H |
| When they are grieved his bowels move | Q |
| And can they be denied | H |
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| Then let us earnest be | R |
| And never faint in prayer | O |
| He loves our importunity | H |
| And makes our cause his care | O |
John Newton
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