An Ode, Or Psalm To God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBB CCDEED BBFGGF| Dear God | A |
| If Thy smart rod | A |
| Here did not make me sorry | B |
| I should not be | B |
| With Thine or Thee | B |
| In Thy eternal glory | B |
| - | |
| But since | C |
| Thou didst convince | C |
| My sins by gently striking | D |
| Add still to those | E |
| First stripes new blows | E |
| According to Thy liking | D |
| - | |
| Fear me | B |
| Or scourging tear me | B |
| That thus from vices driven | F |
| I may from hell | G |
| Fly up to dwell | G |
| With Thee and Thine in heaven | F |
Robert Herrick
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