Olney Hymn 9: The Contrite Heart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GH H BIBI JKJK| The Lord will happiness divine | A |
| On contrite hearts bestow | B |
| Then tell me gracious God is mine | A |
| A contrite heart or no | B |
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| I hear but seem to hear in vain | C |
| Insensible as steel | D |
| If aught is felt 'tis only pain | C |
| To find I cannot feel | D |
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| I sometimes think myself inclined | E |
| To love Thee if I could | F |
| But often feel another mind | E |
| Averse to all that's good | F |
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| My best desires are faint and few | G |
| I fain would strive for more | H |
| But when I cry 'My strength renew ' | - |
| Seem weaker than before | H |
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| Thy saints are comforted I know | B |
| And love Thy house of prayer | I |
| I therefore go where others go | B |
| But find no comfort there | I |
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| Oh make this heart rejoice or ache | J |
| Decide this doubt for me | K |
| And if it be not broken break | J |
| And heal it if it be | K |
William Cowper
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