Olney Hymn 44: Submission Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGHG IJIK LMLN OLOLO Lord my best desire fulfil | A |
And help me to resign | B |
Life health and comfort to Thy will | A |
And make Thy pleasure mine | B |
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Why whould I shrink at Thy command | C |
Whose love forbids my fears | D |
Or tremble at the gracious hand | C |
That wipes away my tears | E |
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No rather let me freely yield | F |
What most I prize to Thee | G |
Who never hast a good withheld | H |
Or wilt withhold from me | G |
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Thy favor all my journey through | I |
Thou art engaged to grant | J |
What else I want or think I do | I |
'Tis better still to want | K |
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Wisdom and mercy guide my way | L |
Shall I resist them both | M |
A poor blind creature of day | L |
And crush'd before the moth | N |
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But ah my inward spirit cries | O |
Still binds me to Thy sway | L |
Else the next cloud that veils the skies | O |
Drives all these thoughts away | L |
William Cowper
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