Hymn Xxii: Behold The Saviour Of Mankind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD DEDE FGFGBehold the Saviour of mankind | A |
Nailed to the shameful tree | B |
How vast the love that him inclined | A |
To bleed and die for thee | B |
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Hark how he groans while nature shakes | C |
And earth's strong pillars bend | D |
The temple's veil in sunder breaks | C |
The solid marbles rend | D |
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'Tis done the precious ransom's paid | D |
'Receive my soul ' he cries | E |
See where he bows his sacred head | D |
He bows his head and dies | E |
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But soon he'll break death's envious chain | F |
And in full glory shine | G |
O Lamb of God was ever pain | F |
Was ever love like thine | G |
Charles Wesley
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