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 NTC2TKNKNI | 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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