The Refuge, River, And Rock Of The Church Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI JKDK LMLN OPOP| He who on earth as man was known | A |
| And bore our sins and pains | B |
| Now seated on th' eternal throne | A |
| The God of glory reigns | B |
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| His hands the wheels of nature guide | C |
| With an unerring skill | D |
| And countless worlds extended wide | C |
| Obey his sovereign will | D |
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| While harps unnumbered sound his praise | E |
| In yonder world above | F |
| His saints on earth admire his ways | E |
| And glory in his love | F |
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| His righteousness to faith revealed | G |
| Wrought out for guilty worms | H |
| Affords a hiding place and shield | G |
| From enemies and storms | I |
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| This land through which his pilgrims go | J |
| Is desolate and dry | K |
| But streams of grace from him o'erflow | D |
| Their thirst to satisfy | K |
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| When troubles like a burning sun | L |
| Beat heavy on their head | M |
| To this almighty Rock they run | L |
| And find a pleasing shade | N |
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| How glorious he how happy they | O |
| In such a glorious friend | P |
| Whose love secures them all the way | O |
| And crowns them at the end | P |
John Newton
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