The Leper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHGH IJIJ KLML NONO PQRS TUVW| Oft as the leper's case I read | A |
| My own described I feel | B |
| Sin is a leprosy indeed | C |
| Which none but Christ can heal | B |
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| Awhile I would have passed for well | D |
| And strove my spots to hide | E |
| Till it broke out incurable | F |
| Too plain to be denied | E |
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| Then from the saints I sought to flee | G |
| And dreaded to be seen | H |
| I thought they all would point at me | G |
| And cry Unclean unclean | H |
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| What anguish did my soul endure | I |
| Till hope and patience ceased | J |
| The more I strove myself to cure | I |
| The more the plague increased | J |
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| While thus I lay distressed I saw | K |
| The Savior passing by | L |
| To him though filled with shame and awe | M |
| I raised my mournful cry | L |
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| Lord thou canst heal me if thou wilt | N |
| For thou canst all things do | O |
| O cleanse my leprous soul from guilt | N |
| My filthy heart renew | O |
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| He heard and with a gracious look | P |
| Pronounced the healing word | Q |
| I will be clean and while he spoke | R |
| I felt my health restored | S |
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| Come lepers seize the present hour | T |
| The Saviour's grace to prove | U |
| He can relieve for he is pow'r | V |
| He will for he is love | W |
John Newton
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