What Shall I Render Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFG HIHJ KLKM NONOFor mercies countless as the sands | A |
Which daily I receive | B |
From Jesus my Redeemer's hands | A |
My soul what canst thou give | C |
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Alas from such a heart as mine | D |
What can I bring him forth | E |
My best is stained and dyed with sin | F |
My all is nothing worth | G |
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Yet this acknowledgment I'll make | H |
For all he has bestowed | I |
Salvation's sacred cup I'll take | H |
And call upon my God | J |
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The best returns for one like me | K |
So wretched and so poor | L |
Is from his gifts to draw a plea | K |
And ask him still for more | M |
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I cannot serve him as I ought | N |
No works have I to boast | O |
Yet would I glory in the thought | N |
That I shall owe him most | O |
John Newton
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