Trust Of The Wicked, And The Righteous Compared Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JBJB KLKL MNMN| As parched in the barren sands | A |
| Beneath a burning sky | B |
| The worthless bramble with'ring stands | A |
| And only grows to die | B |
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| Such is the sinner's aweful case | C |
| Who makes the world his trust | D |
| And dares his confidence to place | C |
| In vanity and dust | D |
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| A secret curse destroys his root | E |
| And dries his moisture up | F |
| He lives awhile but bears no fruit | E |
| Then dies without a hope | G |
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| But happy he whose hopes depend | H |
| Upon the Lord alone | I |
| The soul that trusts in such a friend | H |
| Can ne'er be overthrown | I |
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| Though gourds should wither cisterns break | J |
| And creature comforts die | B |
| No change his solid hope can shake | J |
| Or stop his sure supply | B |
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| So thrives and blooms the tree whose roots | K |
| By constant streams are fed | L |
| Arrayed in green and rich in fruits | K |
| It rears its branching head | L |
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| It thrives though rain should be denied | M |
| And drought around prevail | N |
| 'Tis planted by a river's side | M |
| Whose waters cannot fail | N |
John Newton
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