Olney Hymn 43: Prayer For Patience Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJIJ KLKM NONO| Lord who hast suffer'd all for me | A |
| My peace and pardon to procure | B |
| The lighter cross I bear for Thee | A |
| Help me with patience to endure | B |
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| The storm of loud repining hush | C |
| I would in humble silence mourn | D |
| Why should the unburnt though burning bush | E |
| Be angry as the crackling thorn | D |
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| Man should not faint at Thy rebuke | F |
| Like Joshua falling on his face | G |
| When the cursed thing that Achan took | H |
| Brought Israel into just disgrace | G |
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| Perhaps some golden wedge suppress'd | I |
| Some secret sin offends my God | J |
| Perhaps that Babylonish vest | I |
| Self righteousness provokes the rod | J |
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| Ah were I buffeted all day | K |
| Mock'd crown'd with thorns and spit upon | L |
| I yet should have no right to say | K |
| My great distress is mine alone | M |
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| Let me not angrily declare | N |
| No pain was ever sharp like mine | O |
| Nor murmur at the cross I bear | N |
| But rather weep remembering Thine | O |
William Cowper
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