Joy In Martyrdom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FCGCHIHI JKJCLMNM| Sweet tenants of this grove | A |
| Who sing without design | B |
| A song of artless love | C |
| In unison with mine | B |
| These echoing shades return | D |
| Full many a note of ours | E |
| That wise ones cannot learn | D |
| With all their boasted powers | E |
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| O thou whose sacred charms | F |
| These hearts so seldom love | C |
| Although thy beauty warms | G |
| And blesses all above | C |
| How slow are human things | H |
| To choose their happiest lot | I |
| All glorious King of kings | H |
| Say why we love thee not | I |
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| This heart that cannot rest | J |
| Shall thine for ever prove | K |
| Though bleeding and distressed | J |
| Yet joyful in thy love | C |
| 'Tis happy though it breaks | L |
| Beneath thy chastening hand | M |
| And speechless yet it speaks | N |
| What thou canst understand | M |
William Cowper
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