Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDE AFGGHHIJIJK ALGLMMNGGGGHH AMNMOOPPQQNN AGRGSTSUUVV AWXQXYYYYZZ AA2QQB2B2MMB2B2NNAlmighty what is man | A |
But flesh and blood | B |
Like shadows flee his days | C |
He marks not how they vanish from his gaze | C |
Suddenly he must die | D |
He droppeth stunned into nonentity | E |
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Almighty what is man | A |
A body frail and weak | F |
Full of deceit and lies | G |
Of vile hypocrisies | G |
Now like a flower blowing | H |
Now scorched by sunbeams glowing | H |
And wilt thou of his trespasses inquire | I |
How may he ever bear | J |
Thine anger just thy vengeance dire | I |
Punish him not but spare | J |
For he is void of power and strength | K |
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Almighty what is man | A |
By filthy lust possessed | L |
Whirled in a round of lies | G |
Fond frenzy swells his breast | L |
The pure man sinks in mire and slime | M |
The noble shrinketh not from crime | M |
Wilt thou resent on him the charms of sin | N |
Like fading grass | G |
So shall he pass | G |
Like chaff that blows | G |
Where the wind goes | G |
Then spare him be thou merciful O King | H |
Upon the dreaded day of reckoning | H |
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Almighty what is man | A |
The haughty son of time | M |
Drinks deep of sin | N |
And feeds on crime | M |
Seething like waves that roll | O |
Hot as a glowing coal | O |
And wilt thou punish him for sins inborn | P |
Lost and forlorn | P |
Then like the weakling he must fall | Q |
Who some great hero strives withal | Q |
Oh spare him therefore let him win | N |
Grace for his sin | N |
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Almighty what is man | A |
Spotted in guilty wise | G |
A stranger unto faith | R |
Whose tongue is stained with lies | G |
And shalt thou count his sins so is he lost | S |
Uprooted by thy breath | T |
Like to a stream by tempest tossed | S |
His life falls from him like a cloak | U |
He passes into nothingness like smoke | U |
Then spare him punish not be kind I pray | V |
To him who dwelleth in the dust an image wrought in clay | V |
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Almighty what is man | A |
A withered bough | W |
When he is awe struck by approaching doom | X |
Like a dried blade of grass so weak so low | Q |
The pleasure of his life is changed to gloom | X |
He crumbles like a garment spoiled with moth | Y |
According to his sins wilt thou be wroth | Y |
He melts like wax before the candle's breath | Y |
Yea like thin water so he vanisheth | Y |
Oh spare him therefore for thy gracious name | Z |
And be not too severe upon his shame | Z |
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Almighty what is man | A |
A faded leaf | A2 |
If thou dost weigh him in the balance lo | Q |
He disappears a breath that thou dost blow | Q |
His heart is ever filled | B2 |
With lust of lies unstilled | B2 |
Wilt thou bear in mind his crime | M |
Unto all time | M |
He fades away like clouds sun kissed | B2 |
Dissolves like mist | B2 |
Then spare him let him love and mercy win | N |
According to thy grace and not according to his sin | N |
Emma Lazarus
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