Hymn Xxvi: I Thirst, Thou Wounded Lamb Of God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDDE FFGG HIJK LLMN OPFF QQOO RRSG| I thirst thou wounded Lamb of God | A |
| To wash me in thy cleansing blood | B |
| To dwell within thy wounds then pain | C |
| Is sweet and life or death is gain | C |
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| Take my poor heart and let it be | D |
| For ever closed to all but thee | D |
| Seal thou my breast and let me we | D |
| That pledge of love for ever there | E |
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| How blest are they who still abide | F |
| Close sheltered in thy bleeding side | F |
| Who life and strength from thence derive | G |
| And by thee move and in thee live | G |
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| What are our works but sin and death | H |
| Till thou thy quickening Spirit breathe | I |
| Thou giv'st the power thy grace to move | J |
| O wondrous grace O boundless love | K |
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| How can it be thou heavenly King | L |
| That thou shouldst us to glory bring | L |
| Make slaves the partners of thy throne | M |
| Decked with a never fading crown | N |
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| Hence our hearts melt our eyes o'erflow | O |
| Our words are lost nor will we know | P |
| Nor will we think of aught beside | F |
| My Lord my Love is crucified | F |
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| Ah Lord enlarge our scanty thought | Q |
| To know the wonders thou hast wrought | Q |
| Unloose our stammering tongues to tell | O |
| Thy love immense unsearchable | O |
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| First born of many brethren thou | R |
| To thee lo all our souls we bow | R |
| To thee our hearts and hands we give | S |
| Thine may we die thine may we live | G |
John Wesley
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