The Narrow Way Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLK| What 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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