Hymn. (translations From The Hebrew Poets Of Medaeval Spain.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDE AFGGHHIJIJK ALGLMMNGGGGHH AMNMOOPPQQNN AGRGSTSUUVV AWXQXYYYYZZ AA2QQB2B2MMB2B2NN C2| Almighty 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 |
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| Solomon Ben Judah Gabirol Died Between | C2 |
Emma Lazarus
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