Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCCC DDEEFFGG BBCCHHII JJCCKKLL| Pleasant are Thy courts above | A |
| In the land of light and love | A |
| Pleasant are Thy courts below | B |
| In this land of sin and woe | B |
| O my spirit longs and faints | C |
| For the converse of Thy saints | C |
| For the brightness of Thy face | C |
| For Thy fullness God of grace | C |
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| Happy birds that sing and fly | D |
| Round Thy altars O most High | D |
| Happier souls that find a rest | E |
| In a heavenly Father s breast | E |
| Like the wandering dove that found | F |
| No repose on earth around | F |
| They can to their ark repair | G |
| And enjoy it ever there | G |
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| Happy souls their praises flow | B |
| Even in this vale of woe | B |
| Waters in the desert rise | C |
| Manna feeds them from the skies | C |
| On they go from strength to strength | H |
| Till they reach Thy throne at length | H |
| At Thy feet adoring fall | I |
| Who hast led them safe through all | I |
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| Lord be mine this prize to win | J |
| Guide me through a world of sin | J |
| Keep me by Thy saving grace | C |
| Give me at Thy side a place | C |
| Sun and shield alike Thou art | K |
| Guide and guard my erring heart | K |
| Grace and glory flow from Thee | L |
| Shower O shower them Lord on me | L |
Henry Francis Lyte
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