Psalm V Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCD EEFE EDEF GHGH IJKJ LMLM CNON FEFE LFLF PQRQ| King my God vouchsafe to hear | A |
| My cry to thee I pray | B |
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| Thou in the morn shalt hear my mone | C |
| For in the morn will I | D |
| Direct my prayers to thy Throne | C |
| And thither lift mine eye | D |
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| Thou art a God whose puritie | E |
| Cannot in sins delight | E |
| No evil Lord shall dwell with thee | F |
| Nor fools stand in thy sight | E |
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| Thou hat'st those that unjustly do | E |
| Thou slay'st the men that lie | D |
| The bloody man the false one too | E |
| Shall be abhorr'd by thee | F |
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| But in th' abundance of thy grace | G |
| Will I to thee draw near | H |
| And toward thy most holy place | G |
| Will worship thee in fear | H |
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| Lord lead me in thy righteousness | I |
| Because of all my foes | J |
| And to my dym and sinful eyes | K |
| Thy perfect way disclose | J |
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| For wickedness their insides are | L |
| Their mouths no truth retain | M |
| Their throat an open sepulchur | L |
| Their flattering tongues do fain | M |
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| Destroy them Lord and by their own | C |
| Bad counsels let them fall | N |
| In height of their transgression | O |
| O Lord reject them all | N |
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| Because against thy Majesty | F |
| They vainly have rebell'd | E |
| But let all those that trust in thee | F |
| With perfect joy be fill'd | E |
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| Yea shout for joy for evermore | L |
| Protected still by thee | F |
| Let tliem that do thy name adore | L |
| In that still joyful be | F |
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| For God doth righteous men esteem | P |
| And them for ever bless | Q |
| His favour shalt encompass them | R |
| A shield in their distress | Q |
George Herbert
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