Prayer For Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGHII DDJJKKLL| Gracious 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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