Analysis of Jehovah-Rophi. I Am the Lord That Healeth Thee
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Heal us, Emmanuel! here we are,
Waiting to feel Thy touch:
Deep-wounded souls to Thee repair
And, Saviour, we are such.
Our faith is feeble, we confess,
We faintly trust Thy word;
But wilt Thou pity us the less?
Be that far from Thee, Lord!
Remember him who once applied,
With trembling, for relief;
"Lord, I believe," with tears he cried,
"Oh, help my unbelief!"
She too, who touch'd Thee in the press,
And healing virtue stole,
Was answer'd, "Daughter, go in peace,
Thy faith hath made thee whole."
Conceal'd amid the gathering throng,
She would have shunn'd Thy view;
And if her faith was firm and strong,
Had strong misgivings too.
Like her, with hopes and fears we come,
To touch Thee, if we may;
Oh! send us not despairing home,
Send none unheal'd away!
Scheme | XAXA BXBX CDCD BEXE FGFG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 110100111 101111 11011101 01111 101110101 110111 11110101 111111 01011101 1100101 11011111 1111 11111001 010101 11010101 111111 010101001 111111 01011101 110101 10110111 111111 11110101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 783 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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