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 |
| - | |
| '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 |
| - | |
| '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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