Prayer For Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGHII DDJJKKLLGracious Lord our children see | A |
By Thy mercy we are free | A |
But shall these alas remain | B |
Subjects still of Satan's reign | B |
Israel's young ones when of old | C |
Pharaoh threaten'd to withhold | C |
Then Thy messenger said No | D |
Let the children also go | D |
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When the angel of the Lord | E |
Drawing forth his dreadful sword | E |
Slew with an avenging hand | F |
All the first born of the land | F |
Then Thy people's door he pass'd | G |
Where the bloody sign was placed | H |
Hear us now upon our knees | I |
Plead the blood of Christ for these | I |
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Lord we tremble for we know | D |
How the fierce malicious foe | D |
Wheeling round his watchful flight | J |
Keeps them ever in his sight | J |
Spread Thy pinions King of kings | K |
Hide them safe beneath Thy wings | K |
Lest the ravenous bird of prey | L |
Stoop and bear the brood away | L |
William Cowper
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