The Testimony Of Divine Adoption Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJAKLA MMKNNK OOPQRP BBSTTS| How happy are the new born race | A |
| Partakers of adopting grace | A |
| How pure the bliss they share | B |
| Hid from the world and all its eyes | C |
| Within their heart the blessing lies | C |
| And conscience feels it there | B |
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| The moment we believe 'tis ours | D |
| And if we love with all our powers | D |
| The God from whom it came | E |
| And if we serve with hearts sincere | F |
| 'Tis still discernible and clear | F |
| An undisputed claim | E |
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| But ah if foul and wilful sin | G |
| Stain and dishonour us within | G |
| Farewell the joy we knew | H |
| Again the slaves of nature's sway | I |
| In labyrinths of our own we stray | I |
| Without a guide or clue | H |
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| The chaste and pure who fear to grieve | J |
| The gracious Spirit they receive | J |
| His work distinctly trace | A |
| And strong in undissembling love | K |
| Boldly assert and clearly prove | L |
| Their hearts his dwelling place | A |
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| Oh messenger of dear delight | M |
| Whose voice dispels the deepest night | M |
| Sweet peace proclaiming Dove | K |
| With thee at hand to soothe our pains | N |
| No wish unsatisfied remains | N |
| No task but that of love | K |
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| 'Tis love unites what sin divides | O |
| The centre where all bliss resides | O |
| To which the soul once brought | P |
| Reclining on the first great cause | Q |
| From his abounding sweetness draws | R |
| Peace passing human thought | P |
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| Sorrow forgoes its nature there | B |
| And life assumes a tranquil air | B |
| Divested of its woes | S |
| There sovereign goodness soothes the breast | T |
| Till then incapable of rest | T |
| In sacred sure repose | S |
William Cowper
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