How Are Thy Servants Blest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI KLML NOPO AQFQ RSTS UVWV XYZY A2QB2Q| How are thy servants blest O Lord | A |
| How sure is their defence | B |
| Eternal wisdom is their guide | C |
| Their help Omnipotence | D |
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| In foreign realms and lands remote | E |
| Supported by Thy care | F |
| Through burning climes I pass'd unhurt | G |
| And breath'd in tainted air | F |
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| Thy mercy sweeten'd every soil | H |
| Made every region please | I |
| The hoary Alpine hills it warm'd | J |
| And smooth'd the Tyrrhene seas | I |
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| Thin O my soul devoutly think | K |
| How with affrighted eyes | L |
| Thou saw'st the wide extended deep | M |
| In all its horrors rise | L |
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| Confusion dwelt in every face | N |
| And fear in every heart | O |
| When waves on waves and gulfs in gulfs | P |
| O'ercame the pilot's art | O |
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| Yet then from all my griefs O Lord | A |
| Thy mercy set me free | Q |
| Whilst in the confidence of prayer | F |
| My soul took hold on Thee | Q |
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| For though in dreadful whirls we hung | R |
| High on the broken wave | S |
| I knew Thou wert not slow to hear | T |
| Nor impotent to save | S |
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| The storm was laid the winds retir'd | U |
| Obedient to Thy will | V |
| The sea that roar'd at Thy command | W |
| At Thy command was still | V |
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| In midst of dangers fears and death | X |
| Thy goodness I'll adore | Y |
| And praise Thee for Thy mercies past | Z |
| And humbly hope for more | Y |
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| My life if Thou preserv'st my life | A2 |
| Thy sacrifice shall be | Q |
| And death if death must be my doom | B2 |
| Shall join my soul to Thee | Q |
Joseph Addison
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