Retirement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EAEA FGHI JKLK MNON HDHD| Far from the world O Lord I flee | A |
| From strife and tumult far | B |
| From scenes where Satan wages still | C |
| His most successful war | D |
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| The calm retreat the silent shade | E |
| With prayer and praise agree | A |
| And seem by Thy sweet bounty made | E |
| For those who follow Thee | A |
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| There if Thy Spirit touch the soul | F |
| And grace her mean abode | G |
| Oh with what peace and joy and love | H |
| She communes with her God | I |
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| There like the nightingale she pours | J |
| Her solitary lays | K |
| Nor asks a witness of her song | L |
| Nor thirsts for human praise | K |
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| Author and Guardian of my life | M |
| Sweet source of light Divine | N |
| And all harmonious names in one | O |
| My Saviour Thou art mine | N |
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| What thanks I owe Thee and what love | H |
| A boundless endless store | D |
| Shall echo through the realms above | H |
| When time shall be no more | D |
William Cowper
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