A Merognostic Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MFMFNONO PQPQRSRS TJTJUIUI VWVWIXIX PGPGBUBU| I know in part but know not all | A |
| The part I know is known | B |
| What know I not I hope with Paul | A |
| To know before the throne | B |
| Till then where knowledge fails I trust | C |
| The truth God has revealed | D |
| As known by me forever must | C |
| Be like the truth concealed | D |
| - | |
| I know God is tho' hid from sight | E |
| And know He cares for me | F |
| In blessing me He takes delight | E |
| And I by faith can see | F |
| His skilful hand and loving heart | G |
| In all my life's affairs | H |
| And feel content to know but part | G |
| If He knows all my cares | H |
| - | |
| I know God gave His Son to die | I |
| A sacrifice for man | J |
| And live all who on Him rely | I |
| And meet His claims I can | J |
| Yet I know not how in Him meet | K |
| The human and divine | L |
| But God He is and at His feet | K |
| I fall and feel Him mine | L |
| - | |
| Nor do I understand the change | M |
| The spirit wrought in me | F |
| A work so great exceeds my range | M |
| But I can feel and see | F |
| The inward peace and outward trend | N |
| And hear likewise His voice | O |
| The outward with the inward blend | N |
| And answer to my choice | O |
| - | |
| I know not how mind touches mind | P |
| And thoughts spring into life | Q |
| Nor know the mystic bands which bind | P |
| Like husband to the wife | Q |
| My loving Lord and my poor soul | R |
| But this I know full well | S |
| If I submit to His control | R |
| I cannot sink to hell | S |
| - | |
| I know the world shakes to its base | T |
| And man still wars with man | J |
| The bane of sin rests on our race | T |
| And Satan leads the van | J |
| But hope exults within my breast | U |
| Tho 'darkness shrouds the sky | I |
| God is the friend of the oppressed | U |
| The good will never die | I |
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| I know not why my plans should fail | V |
| When I have plan'd for God | W |
| And on this ground my foes assail | V |
| But I still kiss the rod | W |
| For tho' I cannot tell the why | I |
| My heart is filled with peace | X |
| I can on my dear Lord rely | I |
| And wait for my release | X |
| - | |
| I know He is both true and kind | P |
| And has my good at heart | G |
| His discipline will only bind | P |
| With cords which naught can part | G |
| My heart's affections to His throne | B |
| And fit me for my rest | U |
| Nor do I tread life's path alone | B |
| He knows and I am blest | U |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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