Welcome Cross Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJKJLMLM| 'Tis my happiness below | A |
| Not to live without the cross | B |
| But the Saviour's power to know | A |
| Sanctifying every loss | B |
| Trials must and will befall | C |
| But with humble faith to see | D |
| Love inscribed upon them all | C |
| This is happiness to me | D |
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| God in Israel sows the seeds | E |
| Of affliction pain and toil | F |
| These spring up and choke the weeds | E |
| Which would else o'erspread the soil | F |
| Trials make the promise sweet | G |
| Trials give new life to prayer | H |
| Trials bring me to His feet | G |
| Lay me low and keep me there | H |
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| Did I meet no trials here | I |
| No chastisement by the way | J |
| Might I not with reason fear | K |
| I should prove a castaway | J |
| Bastards may escape the rod | L |
| Sunk in earthly vain delight | M |
| But the true born child of God | L |
| Must not would not if he might | M |
William Cowper
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