Supposed Address To Bishop Ken.[208] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCA EFEF GAGA ADAD| Though his words might well deceive me | A |
| Though to earth abased I bend | B |
| Christian guide thou wilt not leave me | A |
| Thus on earth without a friend | B |
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| I thought his vows were oaths in heaven | C |
| Nor dare I here my fault deny | D |
| For all my soul to him was given | C |
| God knows how true how tenderly | A |
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| Though wronged and desolate and dying | E |
| His pride his coldness I forgot | F |
| And fell upon his bosom crying | E |
| Forsake me not forsake me not | F |
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| I left my father and my mother | G |
| Whom I no more on earth may see | A |
| But I have found a father brother | G |
| And more than every friend in thee | A |
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| Although his words might well deceive me | A |
| Though wronged and desolate I lie | D |
| Christian guide thou wilt not leave me | A |
| Oh teach me to repent and die | D |
William Lisle Bowles
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