Watching Unto God In The Night Season Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF BGBG HIHI JKJK LMLM NOPO KQKQ

Sleep at last has fled these eyesA
Nor do I regret his flightB
More alert my spirits riseA
And my heart is free and lightB
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Nature silent all aroundC
Not a single witness nearD
God as soon as sought is foundC
And the flame of love burns clearD
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Interruption all day longE
Checks the current of my joysF
Creatures press me with a throngE
And perplex me with their noiseF
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Undisturbed I muse all nightB
On the first Eternal FairG
Nothing there obstructs delightB
Love is renovated thereG
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Life with its perpetual stirH
Proves a foe to love and meI
Fresh entanglements occurH
Comes the night and sets me freeI
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Never more sweet sleep suspendJ
My enjoyments always newK
Leave me to possess my friendJ
Other eyes and hearts subdueK
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Hush the world that I may wakeL
To the taste of pure delightsM
Oh the pleasures I partakeL
God the partner of my nightsM
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David for the selfsame causeN
Night preferred to busy dayO
Hearts whom heavenly beauty drawsP
Wish the glaring sun awayO
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Sleep self lovers is for youK
Souls that love celestial knowQ
Fairer scenes by night can viewK
Than the sun could ever showQ

William Cowper



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