Temptation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GHII JKLM| The billows swell the winds are high | A |
| Clouds overcast my wintry sky | A |
| Out of the depths to Thee I call | B |
| My fears are great my strength is small | B |
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| O Lord the pilot's part perform | C |
| And guard and guide me through the storm | C |
| Defend me from each threatening ill | D |
| Control the waves say Peace be still | D |
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| Amidst the roaring of the sea | E |
| My soul still hangs her hope on Thee | E |
| Thy constant love thy faithful care | F |
| Is all that saves me from despair | F |
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| Dangers of every shape and name | G |
| Attend the followers of the Lamb | H |
| Who leave the world's deceitful shore | I |
| And leave it to return no more | I |
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| Though tempest toss'd and half a wreck | J |
| My Saviour through the floods I seek | K |
| Let neither winds nor stormy main | L |
| Force back my shatter'd bark again | M |
William Cowper
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