Behold, O God! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEFGGHHIJKKLL MMNNOOPPQQ| BEHOLD O God in rivers of my tears | A |
| I come to thee bow down thy blessed ears | B |
| To hear me wretch and let thine eyes | C |
| which sleep | D |
| Did never close behold a sinner weep | D |
| Let not O God my God my faults through great | E |
| And numberless between thy mercy's seat | F |
| And my poor soul be thrown since we are taught | G |
| Thou Lord remember'st thine if thou be sought | G |
| I come not Lord with any other merit | H |
| Than what I by my Saviour Christ inherit | H |
| Be then his wounds my balm his stripes my bliss | I |
| My crown his thorns my death be lost in his | J |
| And thou my blest Redeemer Saviour God | K |
| Quit my accounts withhold the vengeful rod | K |
| O beg for me my hopes on thee are set | L |
| And Christ forgive as well as pay the debt | L |
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| The living fount the life the way I know | M |
| And but to thee O whither should I go | M |
| All other helps are vain grant thine to me | N |
| For in thy cross my saving health must be | N |
| O hearken then what I with faith implore | O |
| Lest Sin and Death sink me for evermore | O |
| Lastly O God my ways direct and guide | P |
| In death defend me that I never slide | P |
| And at the doom let me be raised then | Q |
| To live with thee sweet Jesus say Amen | Q |
William Browne
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