Hatred Of Sin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI JKLKHoly Lord God I love Thy truth | A |
Nor dare Thy least commandment slight | B |
Yet pierced by sin the serpent's tooth | A |
I mourn the anguish of the bite | B |
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But though the poison lurks within | C |
Hope bids me still with patience wait | D |
Till death shall set me free from sin | C |
Free from the only thing I hate | D |
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Had I a throne above the rest | E |
Where angels and archangels dwell | F |
One sin unslain within my breast | E |
Would make that heaven as dark as hell | F |
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The prisoner sent to breathe fresh air | G |
And blest with liberty again | H |
Would mourn were he condemn'd to wear | G |
One link of all his former chain | I |
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But oh no foe invades the bliss | J |
When glory crowns the Christian's head | K |
One look at Jesus as He is | L |
Will strike all sin forever dead | K |
William Cowper
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