Ephraim Repenting. - Jeremiah Xxxi.18-20. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHI JKLM NONO PQPRMy God till I received thy stroke | A |
How like a beast was I | B |
So unaccustom'd to the yoke | A |
So backward to comply | B |
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With grief my just reproach I bear | C |
Shame fills me at the thought | D |
How frequent my rebellions were | E |
What wickedness I wrought | D |
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Thy merciful restraint I scorn'd | F |
And left the pleasant road | G |
Yet turn me and I shall be turn'd | H |
Thou art the Lord my God | I |
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Is Ephraim banish'd from my thoughts | J |
Or vile in my esteem | K |
No saith the Lord with all his faults | L |
I still remember him | M |
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Is he a dear and pleasant child | N |
Yes dear and pleasant still | O |
Though sin his foolish heart beguiled | N |
And he withstood my will | O |
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My sharp rebuke has laid him low | P |
He seeks my face again | Q |
My pity kindles at his woe | P |
He shall not seek in vain | R |
William Cowper
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