Jehovah-shalom. The Lord Send Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGHG IJKJ LMNM JOJP| Judges vi | A |
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| Jesus whose blood so freely stream'd | B |
| To satisfy the law's demand | C |
| By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem'd | B |
| Before the Father's face I stand | C |
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| To reconcile offending man | D |
| Make Justice drop her angry rod | E |
| What creature could have form'd the plan | D |
| Or who fulfil it but a God | E |
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| No drop remains of all the curse | F |
| For wretches who deserved the whole | G |
| No arrows dipt in wrath to pierce | H |
| The guilty but returning soul | G |
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| Peace by such means so dearly bought | I |
| What rebel could have hoped to see | J |
| Peace by his injured Sovereign wrought | K |
| His Sovereign fasten'd to a tree | J |
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| Now Lord Thy feeble worm prepare | L |
| For strife with earth and hell begins | M |
| Conform and gird me for the war | N |
| They hate the soul that hates his sins | M |
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| Let them in horrid league agree | J |
| They may assault they may distress | O |
| But cannot quench Thy love to me | J |
| Nor rob me of the Lord my peace | P |
William Cowper
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