The Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCDD EFEFF GHIHJ KLMLL NONNO PQPQQ RDSDD TUTUU VWVWW XBXBY ZA2ZB2A2 C2D2C2E2D2 LF2LF2F2| To the Almighty on his radiant Throne | A |
| Let endless Hallelujas rise | B |
| Praise Him ye wondrous Heights to us unknown | A |
| Praise Him ye Heavens unreach'd by mortal Eyes | B |
| Praise Him in your degree ye sublunary Skies | B |
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| Praise Him you Angels that before him bow | C |
| You Creatures of Celestial frame | D |
| Our Guests of old our wakeful Guardians now | C |
| Praise Him and with like Zeal our Hearts enflame | D |
| Transporting then our Praise to Seats from whence you came | D |
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| Praise Him thou Sun in thy Meridian Force | E |
| Exalt Him all ye Stars and Light | F |
| Praise Him thou Moon in thy revolving Course | E |
| Praise Him thou gentler Guide of silent Night | F |
| Which do's to solemn Praise and serious Thoughts invite | F |
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| Praise Him ye humid Vapours which remain | G |
| Unfrozen by the sharper Air | H |
| Praise Him as you return in Show'rs again | I |
| To bless the Earth and make her Pastures fair | H |
| Praise Him ye climbing Fires the Emblems of our Pray'r | J |
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| Praise Him ye Waters petrify'd above | K |
| Ye shredded Clouds that fall in Snow | L |
| Praise Him for that you so divided move | M |
| Ye Hailstones that you do no larger grow | L |
| Nor in one solid Mass oppress the World below | L |
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| Praise Him ye soaring Fowls still as you fly | N |
| And on gay Plumes your Bodies raise | O |
| You Insects which in dark Recesses lie | N |
| Altho' th' extremest Distances you try | N |
| Be reconcil'd in This to offer mutual Praise | O |
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| Praise Him thou Earth with thy unbounded Store | P |
| Ye Depths which to the Center tend | Q |
| Praise Him ye Beasts which in the Forests roar | P |
| Praise Him ye Serpents tho' you downwards bend | Q |
| Who made your bruised Head our Ladder to ascend | Q |
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| Praise Him ye Men whom youthful Vigour warms | R |
| Ye Children hast'ning to your Prime | D |
| Praise Him ye Virgins of unsullied Charms | S |
| With beauteous Lips becoming sacred Rhime | D |
| You Aged give Him Praise for your encrease of Time | D |
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| Praise Him ye Monarchs in supreme Command | T |
| By Anthems like the Hebrew Kings | U |
| Then with enlarged Zeal throughout the Land | T |
| Reform the Numbers and reclaim the Strings | U |
| Converting to His Praise the most Harmonious Things | U |
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| Ye Senators presiding by our Choice | V |
| And You Hereditary Peers | W |
| Praise Him by Union both in Heart and Voice | V |
| Praise Him who your agreeing Council steers | W |
| Producing sweeter Sounds than the according Spheres | W |
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| Praise Him ye native Altars of the Earth | X |
| Ye Mountains of stupendious size | B |
| Praise Him ye Trees and Fruits which there have birth | X |
| Praise Him ye Flames that from their Bowels rise | B |
| All fitted for the use of grateful Sacrifice | Y |
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| He spake the Word and from the Chaos rose | Z |
| The Forms and Species of each Kind | A2 |
| He spake the Word which did their Law compose | Z |
| And all with never ceasing Order join'd | B2 |
| Till ruffl'd for our Sins by his chastising Wind | A2 |
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| But now you Storms that have your Fury spent | C2 |
| As you his Dictates did obey | D2 |
| Let now your loud and threatening Notes relent | C2 |
| Tune all your Murmurs to a softer Key | E2 |
| And bless that Gracious Hand that did your Progress stay | D2 |
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| From my contemn'd Retreat obscure and low | L |
| As Grots from when the Winds disperse | F2 |
| May this His Praise as far extended flow | L |
| And if that future Times shall read my Verse | F2 |
| Tho' worthless in it self let them his Praise rehearse | F2 |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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