Analysis of Ho! Everyone That Thirsts, Draw Nigh
Charles Wesley 1707 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1788 (London)
Ho! every one that thirsts, draw nigh!
('Tis God invites the fallen race)
Mercy and free salvation buy;
Buy wine, and milk, and gospel grace.
Come to the living waters, come!
Sinners, obey your Maker's call;
Return, ye weary wanderers, home,
And find my grace is free for all.
See from the Rock a fountain rise!
For you in healing streams it rolls;
Money ye need not bring, nor price,
Ye labouring, burdened, sin-sick souls.
Nothing ye in exchange shall give,
Leave all you have and are behind,
Frankly the gift of God receive,
Pardon and peace in Jesus find.
Why seek ye that which is not bread,
Nor can your hungry souls sustain?
On ashes, husks, and air ye feed;
Ye spend your little all in vain.
In search of empty joys below,
Ye toil with unavailing strife;
Whither, ah! whither would ye go?
I have the words of endless life.
Hearken to me with earnest care,
And freely eat substantial food,
The sweetness of my mercy share,
And taste that I alone am good.
I bid you all my goodness prove,
My promises for all are free,
Come, taste the manna of my love,
And let your souls delight in me.
Your willing ear and heart incline,
My words believingly receive;
Quickened your souls by faith divine
An everlasting life shall live.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC XDXD XEFE XGXG HIHI JXJX XKXK LFLX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (78%) |
Metre | 110011111 11010101 10010101 11010101 11010101 10011101 011101001 01111111 11010101 11010111 10111111 1110111 10100111 11110101 10011101 10010101 11111111 11110101 11010111 11110101 01110101 1110101 10110111 11011101 1111101 01010101 01011101 01110111 11111101 11001111 11010111 01110101 11010101 11101 10111101 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,200 |
Words | 226 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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