Olney Hymn 16: The Sower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFH IJIJ KLML NONO| Ye sons of earth prepare the plough | A |
| Break up your fallow ground | B |
| The sower is gone forth to sow | A |
| And scatter blessings round | B |
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| The seed that finds a stony soil | C |
| Shoots forth a hasty blade | D |
| But ill repays the sower's toil | C |
| Soon wither'd scorch'd and dead | E |
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| The thorny ground is sure to balk | F |
| All hopes of harvest there | G |
| We find a tall and sickly stalk | F |
| But not the fruitful ear | H |
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| The beaten path and highway side | I |
| Receive the trust in vain | J |
| The watchful birds the spoil divide | I |
| And pick up all the grain | J |
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| But where the Lord of grace and power | K |
| Has bless'd the happy field | L |
| How plenteous is the golden store | M |
| The deep wrought furrows yield | L |
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| Father of mercies we have need | N |
| Of thy preparing grace | O |
| Let the same Hand that give me seed | N |
| Provide a fruitful place | O |
William Cowper
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