The Cottager's Hymn. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFE A GHGHIJIJ A KLKLBMBM N OPQRSNBN N RFRFITIT N KUKUVNVN N KRKPWHXH N KYKZUIUI X A2B2FB2HKHK X SNBNPXRX X NTC2TKNKN| I | A |
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| My food is but spare | B |
| And humble my cot | C |
| Yet Jesus dwells there | B |
| And blesses my lot | C |
| Though thinly I'm clad | D |
| And tempests oft roll | E |
| He's raiment and bread | F |
| And drink to my soul | E |
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| II | A |
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| His presence is wealth | G |
| His grace is a treasure | H |
| His promise is health | G |
| And joy out of measure | H |
| His word is my rest | I |
| His spirit my guide | J |
| In Him I am blest | I |
| Whatever betide | J |
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| III | A |
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| Since Jesus is mine | K |
| Adieu to all sorrow | L |
| I ne'er shall repine | K |
| Nor think of to morrow | L |
| The lily so fair | B |
| And raven so black | M |
| He nurses with care | B |
| Then how shall I lack | M |
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| IV | N |
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| Each promise is sure | O |
| That shines in His word | P |
| And tells me though poor | Q |
| I'm rich in my Lord | R |
| Hence Sorrow and Fear | S |
| Since Jesus is nigh | N |
| I'll dry up each tear | B |
| And stifle each sigh | N |
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| V | N |
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| Though prince duke or lord | R |
| Ne'er enter my shed | F |
| King Jesus my board | R |
| With dainties does spread | F |
| Since He is my guest | I |
| For joy I shall sing | T |
| And ever be blest | I |
| In Jesus my King | T |
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| VI | N |
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| With horrible din | K |
| Afflictions may swell | U |
| They cleanse me from sin | K |
| They save me from hell | U |
| They're all but the rod | V |
| Of Jesus in love | N |
| They lead me to God | V |
| And blessings above | N |
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| VII | N |
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| Through sickness and pain | K |
| I flee to my Lord | R |
| Sweet comfort to gain | K |
| And health from His word | P |
| Bleak scarcities raise | W |
| A keener desire | H |
| To feed on His grace | X |
| And wear His attire | H |
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| VIII | N |
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| The trials which frown | K |
| Applied by His blood | Y |
| But plait me a crown | K |
| And work for my good | Z |
| In praise I shall tell | U |
| When throned in my rest | I |
| The things which befell | U |
| Were always the best | I |
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| IX | X |
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| Whatever is hid | A2 |
| Shall burst on my sight | B2 |
| When hence I have fled | F |
| To glorious light | B2 |
| Should chastisements lower | H |
| Then let me resign | K |
| Should kindnesses shower | H |
| Let gratitude shine | K |
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| X | X |
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| Hence Sorrow and Fear | S |
| Since Jesus is nigh | N |
| I'll dry up each tear | B |
| And stifle each sigh | N |
| And clothed in His word | P |
| Will conquer my foes | X |
| And follow my Lord | R |
| Wherever He goes | X |
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| XI | X |
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| My friends let us fly | N |
| To Jesus our King | T |
| And still as we hie | C2 |
| Of grace let us sing | T |
| Through pleasure and pain | K |
| If faithful we prove | N |
| For cots we shall gain | K |
| A palace above | N |
Patrick Bronte
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