True Pleasures Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFG HIJIKLKL FMMMNONOLord my soul with pleasure springs | A |
When Jesu's name I hear | B |
And when God the Spirit brings | A |
The word of promise near | C |
Beauties too in holiness | D |
Still delighted I perceive | E |
Nor have words that can express | F |
The joys Thy precepts give | G |
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Clothed in sanctity and grace | H |
How sweet it is to see | I |
Those who love Thee as they pass | J |
Or when they wait on Thee | I |
Pleasant too to sit and tell | K |
What we owe to love Divine | L |
Till our bosoms grateful swell | K |
And eyes begin to shine | L |
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Those the comforts I possess | F |
Which God shall still increase | M |
All His ways are pleasantness | M |
And all His paths are peace | M |
Nothing Jesus did or spoke | N |
Henceforth let me ever slight | O |
For I love His easy yoke | N |
And find His burden light | O |
William Cowper
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