The Waiting Soul Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDF GHGH IJIJ KLML NOPOBreathe from the gentle south O Lord | A |
And cheer me from the north | B |
Blow on the treasures of thy word | C |
And call the spices forth | B |
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I wish Thou knowest to be resign'd | D |
And wait with patient hope | E |
But hope delay'd fatigues the mind | D |
And drinks the spirits up | F |
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Help me to reach the distant goal | G |
Confirm my feeble knee | H |
Pity the sickness of a soul | G |
That faints for love of Thee | H |
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Cold as I feel this heart of mine | I |
Yet since I feel it so | J |
It yields some hope of life divine | I |
Within however low | J |
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I seem forsaken and alone | K |
I hear the lion roar | L |
And every door is shut but one | M |
And that is Mercy's door | L |
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There till the dear Deliverer come | N |
I'll wait with humble prayer | O |
And when He calls His exile home | P |
The Lord shall find him there | O |
William Cowper
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