Hymn For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JCJC KLKL| Hear Lord the song of praise and prayer | A |
| In heaven thy dwelling place | B |
| From infants made the public care | A |
| And taught to seek thy face | B |
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| Thanks for thy word and for thy day | C |
| And grant us we implore | D |
| Never to waste in sinful play | C |
| Thy holy Sabbaths more | D |
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| Thanks that we hear but oh impart | E |
| To each desires sincere | F |
| That we may listen with our heart | E |
| And learn as well as hear | G |
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| For if vain thoughts the minds engage | H |
| Of elder far than we | I |
| What hope that at our heedless age | H |
| Our minds should e'er be free | I |
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| Much hope if thou our spirits take | J |
| Under thy gracious sway | C |
| Who canst the wisest wiser make | J |
| And babes as wise as they | C |
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| Wisdom and bliss thy word bestows | K |
| A sun that ne'er declines | L |
| And be thy mercies showered on those | K |
| Who placed us where it shines | L |
William Cowper
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