Hymn Xxiii: Extended On A Cursed Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHGH IJIJ KLML NOPO QARA SCTB UVUV| Extended on a cursed tree | A |
| Besmeared with dust and sweat and blood | B |
| See there the king of glory see | A |
| Sinks and expires the Son of God | C |
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| Who who my Saviour this hath done | D |
| Who could thy sacred body wound | E |
| No guilt thy spotless heart hath known | F |
| No guile hath in thy lips been found | E |
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| I I alone have done the deed | G |
| 'Tis I thy sacred flesh have torn | H |
| My sins have caused thee Lord to bleed | G |
| Pointed the nail and fixed the thorn | H |
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| The burden for me to sustain | I |
| Too great on thee my Lord was laid | J |
| To heal me thou hast borne my pain | I |
| To bless me thou a curse wast made | J |
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| In the devouring lion's teeth | K |
| Torn and forsook of all I lay | L |
| Thou sprang'st into the jaws of death | M |
| From death to save the helpless prey | L |
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| Saviour how shall I proclaim | N |
| How pay the mighty debt I owe | O |
| Let all I have and all I am | P |
| Ceaseless to all thy glory show | O |
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| Too much to thee I cannot give | Q |
| Too much I cannot do for thee | A |
| Let all thy love and all thy grief | R |
| Graven on my heart for ever be | A |
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| The meek the still the lowly mind | S |
| O may I learn from thee my God | C |
| And love with softest pity joined | T |
| For those that trample on thy blood | B |
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| Still let thy tears thy groans thy sighs | U |
| O'erflow my eyes and heave my breast | V |
| Till loose from flesh and earth I rise | U |
| And ever in thy bosom rest | V |
John Wesley
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