Sardis. - Revelation Iii.1-6. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEG HIHIJKJK LMLMNMOM| Write to Sardis saith the Lord | A |
| And write what he declares | B |
| He whose Spirit and whose word | C |
| Upholds the seven stars | D |
| All thy works and ways I search | E |
| Find thy zeal and love decay'd | F |
| Thou art call'd a living church | E |
| But thou art cold and dead | G |
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| Watch remember seek and strive | H |
| Exert thy former pains | I |
| Let thy timely care revive | H |
| And strengthen what remains | I |
| Cleanse thine heart thy works amend | J |
| Former times to mind recall | K |
| Lest my sudden stroke descend | J |
| And smite thee once for all | K |
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| Yet I number now in thee | L |
| A few that are upright | M |
| These my Father's face shall see | L |
| And walk with me in white | M |
| When in judgment I appear | N |
| They for mine shall be confest | M |
| Let my faithful servants hear | O |
| And woe be to the rest | M |
William Cowper
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