Analysis of Olney Hymn 64: Praise For Faith

William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)



Of all the gifts Thine hand bestows,
Thou Giver of all good!
Not heaven itself a richer knows
Than my Redeemer's blood.

Faith too, the blood-receiving grace,
From the same hand we gain;
Else, sweetly as it suits our case,
That gift had been in vain.

Till Thou Thy teaching power apply,
Our hearts refuse to see,
And weak, as a distemper'd eye,
Shut out the view of Thee.

Blind to the merits of Thy Son,
What misery we endure!
Yet fly that Hand from which alone
We could expect a cure.

We praise Thee, and would praise Thee more,
To Thee our all we owe:
The precious Saviour, and the power
That makes Him precious too.


Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE XFXF XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 11011101 110111 110010101 1111 11010101 101111 110111101 111101 111101001 1010111 011011 110111 11010111 1100101 11111101 110101 11101111 1110111 01010010 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 625
Words 119
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Cowper

William Macquarie Cowper was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. more…

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