The Joy Of The Lord Is Your Strength Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJIJ KLKL MNMN| Joy is a fruit that will not grow | A |
| In nature's barren foil | B |
| All we can boast till Christ we know | A |
| Is vanity and toil | B |
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| But where the Lord has planted grace | C |
| And made his glories known | D |
| There fruits of heavenly joy and peace | E |
| Are found and there alone | D |
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| A bleeding Saviour seen by faith | F |
| A sense of pard'ning love | G |
| A hope that triumphs over death | H |
| Give joys like those above | G |
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| To take a glimpse within the veil | I |
| To know that God is mine | J |
| Are springs of joy that never fail | I |
| Unspeakably divine | J |
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| These are the joys which satisfy | K |
| And sanctify the mind | L |
| Which make the spirit mount on high | K |
| And leave the world behind | L |
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| No more believers mourn your lot | M |
| But if you are the Lord's | N |
| Resign to them that know him not | M |
| Such joys as earth affords | N |
John Newton
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