Psalm 114 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPOP| When Israel came from Egypt s coast | A |
| And Goshen s marshy plains | B |
| And Jacob with his joyful host | A |
| From servitude and chains | B |
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| Then was it seen how much the Jews | C |
| Were holy in his sight | D |
| And God did Israel s kingdom choose | C |
| To manifest his might | D |
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| The sea beheld it and with dread | E |
| Retreated to make way | F |
| And Jordan to his fountain head | E |
| Ran backwards in dismay | F |
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| The mountains like the rams that bound | G |
| Exulted on their base | H |
| Like lambs the little hills around | G |
| Skipt lightly from their place | H |
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| What is the cause thou mighty sea | I |
| That thou thyself should shun | J |
| And Jordan what is come to thee | I |
| That thou should backward run | J |
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| Ye mountains that ye leaped so high | K |
| From off the solid rock | L |
| Ye hills that ye should gambols try | K |
| Like firstlings of the flock | L |
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| Earth from the center to the sod | M |
| His fearful presence hail | N |
| The presence of Jeshurun s God | M |
| In whom our arms prevail | N |
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| Who beds of rocks in pools to stand | O |
| Can by his word compel | P |
| And from the veiny flint command | O |
| The fountain and the well | P |
Christopher Smart
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