Submission Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGHG IJIK LMLN OLOL| O Lord my best desire fulfil | A |
| And help me to resign | B |
| Life health and comfort to Thy will | A |
| And make Thy pleasure mine | B |
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| Why whould I shrink at Thy command | C |
| Whose love forbids my fears | D |
| Or tremble at the gracious hand | C |
| That wipes away my tears | E |
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| No rather let me freely yield | F |
| What most I prize to Thee | G |
| Who never hast a good withheld | H |
| Or wilt withhold from me | G |
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| Thy favor all my journey through | I |
| Thou art engaged to grant | J |
| What else I want or think I do | I |
| 'Tis better still to want | K |
| - | |
| Wisdom and mercy guide my way | L |
| Shall I resist them both | M |
| A poor blind creature of day | L |
| And crush'd before the moth | N |
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| But ah my inward spirit cries | O |
| Still binds me to Thy sway | L |
| Else the next cloud that veils the skies | O |
| Drives all these thoughts away | L |
William Cowper
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