Olney Hymn 39: The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJKMy soul is sad and much dismay'd | A |
See Lord what legions of my foes | B |
With fierce Apollyon at their head | C |
My heavenly pilgrimage oppose | B |
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See from the ever burning lake | D |
How like a smoky cloud they rise | E |
With horrid blasts my soul they shake | D |
With storms of blasphemies and lies | E |
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Their fiery arrows reach the mark | F |
My throbbing heart with anguish tear | G |
Each lights upon a kindred spark | F |
And finds abundant fuel there | G |
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I hate the thought that wrongs the Lord | H |
Oh I would drive it from my breast | I |
With Thy own sharp two edged sword | H |
Far as the east is from the west | I |
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Come then and chase the cruel host | J |
Heal the deep wounds I have received | K |
Nor let the power of darkness boast | J |
That I am foil'd and Thou art grieved | K |
William Cowper
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