Divine Justice Amiable Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKLK MNMN LOJP QRQR| Thou hast no lightnings O thou Just | A |
| Or I their force should know | B |
| And if thou strike me into dust | A |
| My soul approves the blow | B |
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| The heart that values less its ease | C |
| Than it adores thy ways | D |
| In thine avenging anger sees | C |
| A subject of its praise | D |
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| Pleased I could lie concealed and lost | E |
| In shades of central night | F |
| Not to avoid thy wrath thou know'st | G |
| But lest I grieve thy sight | F |
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| Smite me O thou whom I provoke | H |
| And I will love thee still | I |
| The well deserved and righteous stroke | H |
| Shall please me though it kill | I |
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| Am I not worthy to sustain | J |
| The worst thou canst devise | K |
| And dare I seek thy throne again | L |
| And meet thy sacred eyes | K |
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| Far from afflicting thou art kind | M |
| And in my saddest hours | N |
| An unction of thy grace I find | M |
| Pervading all my powers | N |
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| Alas thou sparest me yet again | L |
| And when thy wrath should move | O |
| Too gentle to endure my pain | J |
| Thou soothest me with thy love | P |
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| I have no punishment to fear | Q |
| But ah that smile from thee | R |
| Imparts a pang far more severe | Q |
| Than woe itself would be | R |
William Cowper
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