Olney Hymn 48: Joy And Peace In Believing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDF GHGHIJIJ DHDHKLKL MNMNDODO| Sometimes a light surprises | A |
| The Christian while he sings | B |
| It is the Lord who rises | C |
| With healing on His wings | B |
| When comforts are declining | D |
| He grants the soul again | E |
| A season of clear shining | D |
| To cheer it after rain | F |
| - | |
| In holy contemplation | G |
| We sweetly then pursue | H |
| The theme of God's salvation | G |
| And find it ever new | H |
| Set free from present sorrow | I |
| We cheerfully can say | J |
| E'en let the unknown to morrow | I |
| Bring with it what it may | J |
| - | |
| It can bring with it nothing | D |
| But He will bear us through | H |
| Who gives the lilies clothing | D |
| Will clothe His people too | H |
| Beneath the spreading heavens | K |
| No creature but is fed | L |
| And He who feeds the ravens | K |
| Will give His children bread | L |
| - | |
| Though vine nor fig tree neither | M |
| Their wonted fruit shall bear | N |
| Though all the field should wither | M |
| Nor flocks nor herds be there | N |
| Yet God the same abiding | D |
| His praise shall tune my voice | O |
| For while in Him confiding | D |
| I cannot but rejoice | O |
William Cowper
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