When Rising From The Bed Of Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GBHB IJKJ LMNM OPQP| When rising from the bed of death | A |
| O erwhelmed with guilt and fear | B |
| I see my Maker face to face | C |
| O how shall I appear | B |
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| If yet while pardon may be found | D |
| And mercy may be sought | E |
| My heart with inward horror shrinks | F |
| And trembles at the thought | E |
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| When Thou O Lord shalt stand disclosed | G |
| In majesty severe | B |
| And sit in judgment on my soul | H |
| O how shall I appear | B |
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| But Thou hast told the troubled mind | I |
| Who does her sins lament | J |
| The timely tribute of her tears | K |
| Shall endless woe prevent | J |
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| Then see the sorrow of my heart | L |
| Ere yet it be too late | M |
| And hear my Savior s dying groans | N |
| To give those sorrows weight | M |
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| For never shall my soul despair | O |
| Her pardon to procure | P |
| Who knows Thine only Son has died | Q |
| To make her pardon sure | P |
Joseph Addison
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