Analysis of Aspirations Of The Soul After God
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
My Spouse! in whose presence I live,
Sole object of all my desires,
Who know'st what a flame I conceive,
And canst easily double its fires!
How pleasant is all that I meet!
From fear of adversity free,
I find even sorrow made sweet;
Because 'tis assigned me by thee.
Transported I see thee display
Thy riches and glory divine;
I have only my life to repay,
Take what I would gladly resign.
Thy will is the treasure I seek,
For thou art as faithful as strong;
There let me, obedient and meek,
Repose myself all the day long.
My spirit and faculties fail;
Oh, finish what love has begun!
Destroy what is sinful and frail,
And dwell in the soul thou hast won!
Dear theme of my wonder and praise,
I cry, who is worthy as thou?
I can only be silent and gaze!
'Tis all that is left to me now.
Oh, glory in which I am lost,
Too deep for the plummet of thought;
On an ocean of Deity tossed,
I am swallowed, I sink into nought.
Yet, lost and absorbed as I seem,
I chant to the praise of my King;
And, though overwhelmed by the theme,
Am happy whenever I sing.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011011 110111010 111101101 0110010110 11011111 11101001 11101011 01101111 01011101 11001001 111011101 11111001 11101011 11111011 111010001 0111011 11001001 11011101 01111001 01001111 11111001 11111011 111011001 11111111 11001111 11101011 111011001 111011011 11001111 11101111 0101101 11001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,028 |
Words | 208 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 803 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 206 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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