Longing To Be With Christ Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMNM OPQP ERER HIHI| To Jesus the crown of my hope | A |
| My soul is in haste to be gone | B |
| O bear me ye cherubim up | C |
| And waft me away to His throne | D |
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| My Saviour whom absent I love | E |
| Whom not having seen I adore | F |
| Whose name is exalted above | E |
| All glory dominion and power | G |
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| Dissolve thou these bonds that detain | H |
| My soul from her portion in thee | I |
| Ah strike off this adamant chain | H |
| And make me eternally free | I |
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| When that happy era begins | J |
| When arrayed in Thy glories I shine | K |
| Nor grieve any more by my sins | J |
| The bosom on which I recline | K |
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| Oh then shall the veil be removed | L |
| And round me Thy brightness be pour'd | M |
| I shall meet Him whom absent I loved | N |
| Shall see Him whom unseen I adored | M |
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| And then never more shall the fears | O |
| The trials temptation and woes | P |
| Which darken this valley of tears | Q |
| Intrude on my blissful repose | P |
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| Or if yet remember'd above | E |
| Remembrance no sadness shall raise | R |
| They will be but new signs of Thy love | E |
| New themes for my wonder and praise | R |
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| Thus the strokes which from sin and from pain | H |
| Shall set me eternally free | I |
| Will but strengthen and rivet the chain | H |
| Which binds me my Saviour to Thee | I |
William Cowper
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