A Hymn To My God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFEGHI JKJKLL| OH thou great Power in whom I move | A |
| For whom I live to whom I die | B |
| Behold me through thy beams of love | C |
| Whilest on this Couch of tears I lye | B |
| And Cleanse my sordid soul within | D |
| By thy Chirsts Bloud the bath of sin | D |
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| No hallowed oyls no grains I need | E |
| No rags of Saints no purging fire | F |
| One rosie drop from David's Seed | E |
| Was worlds of seas to quench thine Ire | G |
| O pretious Ransome which once paid | H |
| That Consummatum est was said | I |
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| And said by him that said no more | J |
| But seal'd it with his sacred breath | K |
| Thou then that hast dispung'd my score | J |
| And dying wast the death of death | K |
| Be to me now on thee I call | L |
| My Life my Strength my Joy my All | L |
Sir Henry Wotton
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A Hymn To My God is a poem by Sir Henry Wotton. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.