The Waiting Soul Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDF GHGH IJIJ KLML NOPO| Breathe 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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