Olney Hymn 49: True Pleasures Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFG HIJIKLKL FMMMNONO| Lord my soul with pleasure springs | A |
| When Jesu's name I hear | B |
| And when God the Spirit brings | A |
| The word of promise near | C |
| Beauties too in holiness | D |
| Still delighted I perceive | E |
| Nor have words that can express | F |
| The joys Thy precepts give | G |
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| Clothed in sanctity and grace | H |
| How sweet it is to see | I |
| Those who love Thee as they pass | J |
| Or when they wait on Thee | I |
| Pleasant too to sit and tell | K |
| What we owe to love Divine | L |
| Till our bosoms grateful swell | K |
| And eyes begin to shine | L |
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| Those the comforts I possess | F |
| Which God shall still increase | M |
| All His ways are pleasantness | M |
| And all His paths are peace | M |
| Nothing Jesus did or spoke | N |
| Henceforth let me ever slight | O |
| For I love His easy yoke | N |
| And find His burden light | O |
William Cowper
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