The Contrite Heart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG AHAH CICI JKJKIsaiah lvii | A |
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The Lord will happiness divine | B |
On contrite hearts bestow | C |
Then tell me gracious God is mine | B |
A contrite heart or no | C |
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I hear but seem to hear in vain | D |
Insensible as steel | E |
If aught is felt 'tis only pain | D |
To find I cannot feel | E |
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I sometimes think myself inclined | F |
To love Thee if I could | G |
But often feel another mind | F |
Averse to all that's good | G |
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My best desires are faint and few | A |
I fain would strive for more | H |
But when I cry My strength renew | A |
Seem weaker than before | H |
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Thy saints are comforted I know | C |
And love Thy house of prayer | I |
I therefore go where others go | C |
But find no comfort there | I |
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Oh make this heart rejoice or ache | J |
Decide this doubt for me | K |
And if it be not broken break | J |
And heal it if it be | K |
William Cowper
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