The Little Book Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFGH IIJJ KLMN OOPP QQBB| When the beloved disciple took | A |
| The angels' little open book | A |
| Which by the Lord's command he eat | B |
| It tasted bitter after sweet | B |
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| Thus when the gospel is embraced | C |
| At first 'tis sweeter to the taste | C |
| Than honey or the honey comb | D |
| But there's a bitterness to come | E |
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| What sweetness does the promise yield | F |
| When by the Spirit's power sealed | F |
| The longing soul is filled with good | G |
| Nor feels a wish for other food | H |
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| By these inviting tastes allured | I |
| We pass to what must be endured | I |
| For soon we find it is decreed | J |
| That bitter must to sweet succeed | J |
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| When sin revives and shows its pow'r | K |
| When Satan threatens to devour | L |
| When God afflicts and men revile | M |
| We drag our steps with pain and toil | N |
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| When thus deserted tempest tossed | O |
| The sense of former sweetness lost | O |
| We tremble lest we were deceived | P |
| In thinking that we once believed | P |
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| The Lord first makes the sweetness known | Q |
| To win and fix us far his own | Q |
| And though we now some bitter meet | B |
| We hope for everlasting sweet | B |
John Newton
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