True And False Comforts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI KLKL MNOP QAQAO God whose favorable eye | A |
The sin sick soul revives | B |
Holy and heavenly is the joy | C |
Thy shining presence gives | D |
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Not such as hypocrites suppose | E |
Who with a graceless heart | F |
Taste not of Thee but drink a dose | G |
Prepared by Satan's art | F |
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Intoxicating joys are theirs | H |
Who while they boast their light | I |
And seem to soar above the stars | J |
Are plunging into night | I |
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Lull'd in a soft and fatal sleep | K |
They sin and yet rejoice | L |
Were they indeed the Saviour's sheep | K |
Would they not hear His voice | L |
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Be mine the comforts that reclaim | M |
The soul from Satan's power | N |
That make me blush for what I am | O |
And hate my sin the more | P |
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'Tis joy enough my All in All | Q |
At Thy dear feet to lie | A |
Thou wilt not let me lower fall | Q |
And none can higher fly | A |
William Cowper
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