Hymn To Humility Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH| Of all the Christian virtues chief | A |
| With modest charms and mild relief | A |
| Most apt to heal the wounds of pride and spleen | B |
| To thee humility I bend | C |
| O let me feel thou art my friend | C |
| Rule thou my bosom as its gentle queen | B |
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| 'Tis thine benignly to repress | D |
| All proud conceit all vain excess | D |
| To give the chasten'd mind its proper tone | E |
| To make it keep in sight | F |
| The worth of others with delight | F |
| And never look too fondly on its own | E |
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| Teach me with active zeal to wake | G |
| At nature's sigh for pity's sake | G |
| When pride in dreams of apathy will nod | H |
| Still guided by thy Christian breath | I |
| Keep me thro' scenes of life and death | I |
| To mortals kind and dutiful to God | H |
William Hayley
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