Sardis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGFH IJIJKLKL MNMNOPQP| Revelations iii | A |
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| Write to Sardis saith the Lord | B |
| And write what He declares | C |
| He whose Spirit and whose word | D |
| Upholds the seven stars | E |
| All thy works and ways I search | F |
| Find thy zeal and love decay'd | G |
| Thou art call'd a living church | F |
| But thou art cold and dead | H |
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| Watch remember seek and strive | I |
| Exert thy former pains | J |
| Let thy timely care revive | I |
| And strengthen what remains | J |
| Cleanse thine heart thy works amend | K |
| Former times to mind recall | L |
| Lest my sudden stroke descend | K |
| And smite thee once for all | L |
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| Yet I number now in thee | M |
| A few that are upright | N |
| These my Father's face shall see | M |
| And walk with me in white | N |
| When in judgment I appear | O |
| They for mine shall be confess'd | P |
| Let my faithful servants hear | Q |
| And woe be to the rest | P |
William Cowper
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