Two Hymns Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HEHE BCBC IHIH JKJK F F LCMC ININ| Written for the Asylum of Female Orphans | A |
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| I | - |
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| Parent to those whose infant days | B |
| No human parent know | C |
| To thee O Charity the praise | B |
| Of filial love shall flow | C |
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| Base want and vice a foe to all | D |
| Round us their snares had thrown | E |
| Had not thy arm at pity's call | D |
| Embrac'd us for thine own | E |
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| O blest the land where all to Thee | F |
| A tender homage pay | G |
| Where indigence and wealth agree | F |
| To venerate thy sway | G |
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| That land the wrath of Heaven may spare | H |
| When ruthless nations groan | E |
| Her guarded orphan's grateful prayer | H |
| May rise to mercy's throne | E |
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| Parent to those whose infant days | B |
| No human parent know | C |
| To Thee O Charity the praise | B |
| Of filial love shall flow | C |
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| II | - |
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| We have no parent but our God | I |
| Yet will we not in grief despair | H |
| For He this vale of sorrow trod | I |
| To make the desolate his care | H |
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| The voice of innocence and youth | J |
| To Thee meek Saviour may ascend | K |
| Thou God of Tenderness and Truth | J |
| Of Infancy Thou art the Friend | K |
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| Thro tears that fill the orphan's eye | - |
| With humble confidence we see | F |
| Calamity an holy tie | - |
| That binds our helpless tribe to Thee | F |
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| For charity angelic power | L |
| Thy fav'rite delegate below | C |
| Makes industry our peaceful dower | M |
| A guard from indigence and woe | C |
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| We have no parent but our God | I |
| In Him we trust who reigns above | N |
| Children He blest when here He trod | I |
| And we are children of his love | N |
William Hayley
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