Weeping Mary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FEFEEGEG EHEHIEIE JEFEEKEK| Mary to her Saviour's tomb | A |
| Hasted at the early dawn | B |
| Spice she brought and sweet perfume | A |
| But the Lord The loved was gone | B |
| For awhile she weeping stood | C |
| Struck with sorrow and surprise | D |
| Shedding tears a plenteous flood | E |
| For her heart supplied her eyes | D |
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| Jesus who is always near | F |
| Though too often unperceived | E |
| Came his drooping child to cheer | F |
| And enquired Why she grieved | E |
| Though at first she knew him not | E |
| When he called her by her name | G |
| Then her griefs were all forgot | E |
| For she found he was the same | G |
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| Grief and sighing quickly fled | E |
| When she heard his welcome voice | H |
| Just before she thought him dead | E |
| Now he bids her heart rejoice | H |
| What a change his word can make | I |
| Turning darkness into day | E |
| You who weep for Jesus' sake | I |
| He will wipe your tears away | E |
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| He who came to comfort her | J |
| When she thought her all was lost | E |
| Will for your relief appear | F |
| Though you now are tempest tossed | E |
| On his word your burden cast | E |
| On his love your thoughts employ | K |
| Weeping for awhile may last | E |
| But the morning brings the joy | K |
John Newton
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