God Neither Known Nor Loved By The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO PBQB RSRS TJUJ AVAV

Ye linnets let us try beneath this groveA
Which shall be loudest in our Maker's praiseB
In quest of some forlorn retreat I roveA
For all the world is blind and wanders from his waysB
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That God alone should prop the sinking soulC
Fills them with rage against his empire nowD
I traverse earth in vain from pole to poleC
To seek one simple heart set free from all belowE
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They speak of love yet little feel its swayF
While in their bosom many an idol lurksG
Their base desires well satisfied obeyF
Leave the Creator's hand and lean upon his worksG
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'Tis therefore I can dwell with man no moreH
Your fellowship ye warblers suits me bestI
Pure love has lost its price though prized of yoreH
Profaned by modern tongues and slighted as a jestI
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My God who formed you for his praise aloneJ
Beholds his purpose well fulfilled in youK
Come let us join the choir before his throneJ
Partaking in his praise with spirits just and trueK
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Yes I will always love and as I oughtL
Tune to the praise of love my ceaseless voiceM
Preferring love too vast for human thoughtL
In spite of erring men who cavil at my choiceM
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Why have I not a thousand thousand heartsN
Lord of my soul that they might all be thineO
If thou approve the zeal thy smile impartsN
How should it ever fail can such a fire declineO
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Love pure and holy is a deathless fireP
Its object heavenly it must ever blazeB
Eternal love a God must needs inspireQ
When once he wins the heart and fits it for his praiseB
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Self love dismissed 'tis then we live indeedR
In her embrace death only death is foundS
Come then one noble effort and succeedR
Cast off the chain of self with which thy soul is boundS
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Oh I could cry that all the world might hearT
Ye self tormentors love your God aloneJ
Let his unequalled excellence be dearU
Dear to your inmost souls and make him all your ownJ
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They hear me not alas how fond to roveA
In endless chase of folly's specious lureV
'Tis here alone beneath this shady groveA
I taste the sweets of truth here only am secureV

William Cowper



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