The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFGG HHIIHH JJKKHH| The Lord my pasture shall prepare | A |
| And feed me with a shepherd s care | A |
| His presence shall my wants supply | B |
| And guard me with a watchful eye | B |
| My noonday walks He shall attend | C |
| And all my midnight hours defend | C |
| - | |
| When in the sultry glebe I faint | D |
| Or on the thirsty mountain pant | E |
| To fertile vales and dewy meads | F |
| My weary wandering steps He leads | F |
| Where peaceful rivers soft and slow | G |
| Amid the verdant landscape flow | G |
| - | |
| Though in the paths of death I tread | H |
| With gloomy horrors overspread | H |
| My steadfast heart shall fear no ill | I |
| For Thou O Lord art with me still | I |
| Thy friendly crook shall give me aid | H |
| And guide me through the dreadful shade | H |
| - | |
| Though in a bare and rugged way | J |
| Through devious lonely wilds I stray | J |
| Thy bounty shall my pains beguile | K |
| The barren wilderness shall smile | K |
| With sudden greens and herbage crowned | H |
| And streams shall murmur all around | H |
Joseph Addison
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