Olney Hymn 21: Sardis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEG HIHIJKJK LMLMNOP'Write to Sardis ' saith the Lord | A |
'And write what He declares | B |
He whose Spirit and whose word | C |
Upholds the seven stars | D |
All thy works and ways I search | E |
Find thy zeal and love decay'd | F |
Thou art call'd a living church | E |
But thou art cold and dead | G |
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'Watch remember seek and strive | H |
Exert thy former pains | I |
Let thy timely care revive | H |
And strengthen what remains | I |
Cleanse thine heart thy works amend | J |
Former times to mind recall | K |
Lest my sudden stroke descend | J |
And smite thee once for all | K |
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'Yet I number now in thee | L |
A few that are upright | M |
These my Father's face shall see | L |
And walk with me in white | M |
When in judgment I appear | N |
They for mine shall be confess'd | O |
Let my faithful servants hear | P |
And woe be to the rest ' | - |
William Cowper
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