Afflictions Sanctified By The Word Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE CCCC CCFF CCCC CCCC| Oh how I love Thy holy Word | A |
| Thy gracious covenant O Lord | B |
| It guides me in the peaceful way | C |
| I think upon it all the day | C |
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| What are the mines of shining wealth | D |
| The strength of youth the bloom of health | D |
| What are all joys compared with those | E |
| Thine everlasting Word bestows | E |
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| Long unafflicted undismay'd | C |
| In pleasure's path secure I stray'd | C |
| Thou mad'st me feel thy chast'ning rod | C |
| And straight I turned unto my God | C |
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| What though it pierced my fainting heart | C |
| I bless'd Thine hand that caused the smart | C |
| It taught my tears awhile to flow | F |
| But saved me from eternal woe | F |
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| Oh hadst Thou left me unchastised | C |
| Thy precepts I had still despised | C |
| And still the snare in secret laid | C |
| Had my unwary feet betray'd | C |
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| I love Thee therefore O my God | C |
| And breathe towards Thy dear abode | C |
| Where in Thy presence fully blest | C |
| Thy chosen saints for ever rest | C |
William Cowper
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