The Soul In Sorrow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHIJJKLMM NNOOPQRRAASSTTUUVWXX YYZZA2A2| With kind compassion hear my cry | A |
| O Jesu Lord of life on high | A |
| As when the Summer's seasons beat | B |
| With scorching flame and parching heat | B |
| The trees are burnt the flowers fade | C |
| And thirsty gaps in earth are made | C |
| My thoughts of comfort languish so | D |
| And so my soul is broke by woe | D |
| Then on thy servant's drooping head | E |
| Thy dews of blessing sweetly shed | E |
| Let those a quick refreshment give | F |
| And raise my mind and bid me live | G |
| My fears of danger while I breath | H |
| My dread of endless hell beneath | I |
| My sense of sorrow for my sin | J |
| To springing comfort change within | J |
| Change all my sad complaints for ease | K |
| To chearful notes of endless praise | L |
| Nor let a tear mine eyes employ | M |
| But such as owe their birth to joy | M |
| Joy transporting sweet and strong | N |
| Fit to fill and raise my song | N |
| Joy that shall resounded be | O |
| While days and nights succeed for me | O |
| Be not as a Judge severe | P |
| For so thy presence who may bear | Q |
| On all my words and actions look | R |
| I know they're written in thy book | R |
| But then regard my mournful cry | A |
| And look with Mercy's gracious eye | A |
| What needs my blood since thine will do | S |
| To pay the debt to justice due | S |
| O tender mercy's art divine | T |
| Thy sorrow proves the cure of mine | T |
| Thy dropping wounds thy woful smart | U |
| Allay the bleedings of my heart | U |
| Thy death in death's extreme of pain | V |
| Restores my soul to life again | W |
| Guide me then for here I burn | X |
| To make my Saviour some return | X |
| I'll rise if that will please him still | Y |
| And sure I've heard him own it will | Y |
| I'll trace his steps and bear my cross | Z |
| Despising ev'ry grief and loss | Z |
| Since he despising pain and shame | A2 |
| First took up his and did the same | A2 |
Thomas Parnell
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