The Narrow Way Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLKWhat thousands never knew the road | A |
What thousands hate it when 'tis known | B |
None but the chosen tribes of God | C |
Will seek or choose it for their own | B |
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A thousand ways in ruin end | D |
One only leads to joys on high | E |
By that my willing steps ascend | D |
Pleased with a journey to the sky | E |
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No more I ask or hope to find | F |
Delight or happiness below | G |
Sorrow may well possess the mind | F |
That feeds where thorns and thistles grow | G |
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The joy that fades is not for me | H |
I seek immortal joys above | I |
There glory without end shall be | H |
The bright reward of faith and love | I |
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Cleave to the world ye sordid worms | J |
Contented lick your native dust | K |
But God shall fight with all his storms | L |
Against the idol of your trust | K |
William Cowper
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