Olney Hymn 13: The Covenant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG CHCI JHJ| The Lord proclaims His grace abroad | A |
| 'Behold I change your hearts of stone | B |
| Each shall renounce his idol god | C |
| And serve henceforth the Lord alone | B |
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| 'My grace a flowing stream proceeds | D |
| To wash your filthiness away | E |
| Ye shall abhor your former deeds | D |
| And learn my statutes to obey | E |
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| 'My truth the great design ensures | F |
| I give myself away to you | G |
| You shall be mine I will be yours | F |
| Your God unalterably true | G |
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| 'Yet not unsought or unimplored | C |
| The plenteous grace I shall confer | H |
| No your whole hearts shall seek the Lord | C |
| I'll put a praying spirit there | I |
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| 'From the first breath of life divine | J |
| Down to the last expiring hour | H |
| The gracious work shall all be mine | J |
| Begun and ended in my power ' | - |
William Cowper
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