The Word Quick And Powerful Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIH JKJA BLBM CNON| The word of Christ our Lord | A |
| With whom we have to do | B |
| Is sharper than a two edged sword | A |
| To pierce the sinner through | B |
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| Swift as the lightnings blaze | C |
| When aweful thunders roll | D |
| It fills the conscience with amaze | C |
| And penetrates the soul | D |
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| No heart can he concealed | E |
| From his all piercing eyes | F |
| Each thought and purpose stands revealed | E |
| Naked without disguise | F |
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| He sees his peoples' fears | G |
| He notes their mournful cry | H |
| He counts their sighs and falling tears | I |
| And helps them from on high | H |
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| Though feeble is their good | J |
| It has his kind regard | K |
| Yea all they would do if they could | J |
| Shall find a sure reward | A |
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| He sees the wicked too | B |
| And will repay them soon | L |
| For all the evil deeds they do | B |
| And all they would have done | M |
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| Since all our secret ways | C |
| Are marked and known by thee | N |
| Afford us Lord thy light of grace | O |
| That we ourselves may see | N |
John Newton
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