The Lodestone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMNM| As needles point towards the pole | A |
| When touched by the magnetic stone | B |
| So faith in Jesus gives the soul | A |
| A tendency before unknown | B |
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| 'Till then by blinded passions led | C |
| In search of fancied good we range | D |
| The paths of disappointment tread | C |
| To nothing fixed but love of change | D |
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| But when the Holy Ghost imparts | E |
| A knowledge of the Saviour's love | F |
| Our wand'ring weary restless hearts | E |
| Are fixed at once no more to move | G |
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| Now a new principle takes place | H |
| Which guides and animates the will | I |
| This love another name for grace | H |
| Constrains to good and bars from ill | I |
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| By love's sure light we soon perceive | J |
| Our noblest bliss and proper end | K |
| And gladly every idol leave | J |
| To love and serve our Lord and Friend | K |
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| Thus borne along by faith and hope | L |
| We feel the Saviour's words are true | M |
| And I if I be lifted up | N |
| Will draw the sinner upward too | M |
John Newton
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