Self-diffidence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE CCFFGHII CCCCIIJJ CCKKCCLL MMNNOOAA| Source of love and light of day | A |
| Tear me from myself away | A |
| Every view and thought of mine | B |
| Cast into the mould of thine | B |
| Teach O teach this faithless heart | C |
| A consistent constant part | C |
| Or if it must live to grow | D |
| More rebellious break it now | E |
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| Is it thus that I requite | C |
| Grace and goodness infinite | C |
| Every trace of every boon | F |
| Cancelled and erased so soon | F |
| Can I grieve thee whom I love | G |
| Thee in whom I live and move | H |
| If my sorrow touch thee still | I |
| Save me from so great an ill | I |
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| Oh the oppressive irksome weight | C |
| Felt in an uncertain state | C |
| Comfort peace and rest adieu | C |
| Should I prove at last untrue | C |
| Still I choose thee follow still | I |
| Every notice of thy will | I |
| But unstable strangely weak | J |
| Still let slip the good I seek | J |
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| Self confiding wretch I thought | C |
| I could serve thee as I ought | C |
| Win thee and deserve to feel | K |
| All the love thou canst reveal | K |
| Trusting self a bruised reed | C |
| Is to be deceived indeed | C |
| Save me from this harm and loss | L |
| Lest my gold turn all to dross | L |
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| Self is earthly faith alone | M |
| Makes an unseen world our own | M |
| Faith relinquished how we roam | N |
| Feel our way and leave our home | N |
| Spurious gems our hopes entice | O |
| While we scorn the pearl of price | O |
| And preferring servants' pay | A |
| Cast the children's bread away | A |
William Cowper
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