Gratitude And Love To God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFC GHGHII JKJKAA CLCLMM| All are indebted much to thee | A |
| But I far more than all | B |
| From many a deadly snare set free | A |
| And raised from many a fall | B |
| Overwhelm me from above | C |
| Daily with thy boundless love | C |
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| What bonds of gratitude I feel | D |
| No language can declare | E |
| Beneath the oppressive weight I reel | D |
| 'Tis more than I can bear | E |
| When shall I that blessing prove | F |
| To return thee love for love | C |
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| Spirit of charity dispense | G |
| Thy grace to every heart | H |
| Expel all other spirits thence | G |
| Drive self from every part | H |
| Charity divine draw nigh | I |
| Break the chains in which we lie | I |
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| All selfish souls whate'er they feign | J |
| Have still a slavish lot | K |
| They boast of liberty in vain | J |
| Of love and feel it not | K |
| He whose bosom glows with thee | A |
| He and he alone is free | A |
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| Oh blessedness all bliss above | C |
| When thy pure fires prevail | L |
| Love only teaches what is love | C |
| All other lessons fail | L |
| We learn its name but not its powers | M |
| Experience only makes it ours | M |
William Cowper
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