Old Testament Gospel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABACD EFGHIJ KLMNOO PFPFQQ IRSRTT DUDURR| Hebrews iv | A |
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| Israel in ancient days | B |
| Not only had a view | A |
| Of Sinai in a blaze | B |
| But learn'd the Gospel too | A |
| The types and figures were a glass | C |
| In which thy saw a Saviour's face | D |
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| The paschal sacrifice | E |
| And blood besprinkled door | F |
| Seen with enlighten'd eyes | G |
| And once applied with power | H |
| Would teach the need of other blood | I |
| To reconcile an angry God | J |
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| The Lamb the Dove set forth | K |
| His perfect innocence | L |
| Whose blood of matchless worth | M |
| Whould be the soul's defence | N |
| For he who can for sin atone | O |
| Must have no failings of His own | O |
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| The scape goat on his head | P |
| The people's trespass bore | F |
| And to the desert led | P |
| Was to be seen no more | F |
| In him our surety seem'd to say | Q |
| Behold I bear your sins away | Q |
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| Dipt in his fellow's blood | I |
| The living bird went free | R |
| The type well understood | S |
| Express'd the sinner's plea | R |
| Described a guilty soul enlarged | T |
| And by a Saviour's death discharged | T |
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| Jesus I love to trace | D |
| Throughout the sacred page | U |
| The footsteps of Thy grace | D |
| The same in every age | U |
| Oh grant that I may faithful be | R |
| To clearer light vouchsafed to me | R |
William Cowper
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