Mourning And Longing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDF GHIH JKJL MNOP QRQR SOTO| The Saviour hides His face | A |
| My spirit thirsts to prove | B |
| Renew'd supplies of pardoning grace | A |
| And never fading love | C |
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| The favor'd souls who know | D |
| What glories shine in Him | E |
| Pant for His presence as the roe | D |
| Pants for the living stream | F |
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| What trifles tease me now | G |
| They swarm like summer flies | H |
| They cleave to everything I do | I |
| And swim before my eyes | H |
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| How dull the Sabbath day | J |
| Without the Sabbath's Lord | K |
| How toilsome then to sing and pray | J |
| And wait upon the Word | L |
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| Of all the truths I hear | M |
| How few delight my taste | N |
| I glean a berry here and there | O |
| But mourn the vintage past | P |
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| Yet let me as I ought | Q |
| Still hope to be supplied | R |
| No pleasure else is worth a thought | Q |
| Nor shall I be denied | R |
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| Though I am but a worm | S |
| Unworthy of His care | O |
| The Lord will my desire perform | T |
| And grant me all my prayer | O |
William Cowper
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