Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDD EFGG HHDD IIJJ KKDD LLMM NNDD| In Heaven we shall be purified so as to be able to endure | A |
| the splendours of the Deity | B |
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| Awake sweet harp of Judah wake | C |
| Retune thy strings for Jesus' sake | C |
| We sing the Saviour of our race | D |
| The Lamb our shield and hiding place | D |
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| When God's right arm is bared for war | E |
| And thunders clothe his cloudy car | F |
| Where where oh where shall man retire | G |
| To escape the horrors of his ire | G |
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| 'Tis he the Lamb to him we fly | H |
| While the dread tempest passes by | H |
| God sees his Well beloved's face | D |
| And spares us in our hiding place | D |
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| Thus while we dwell in this low scene | I |
| The Lamb is our unfailing screen | I |
| To him though guilty still we run | J |
| And God still spares us for his Son | J |
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| While yet we sojourn here below | K |
| Pollutions still our hearts o'erflow | K |
| Fallen abject mean a sentenced race | D |
| We deeply need a hiding place | D |
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| Yet courage days and years will glide | L |
| And we shall lay these clods aside | L |
| Shall be baptized in Jordan's flood | M |
| And wash'd in Jesus' cleansing blood | M |
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| Then pure immortal sinless freed | N |
| We through the Lamb shall be decreed | N |
| Shall meet the Father face to face | D |
| And need no more a hiding place | D |
Henry Kirk White
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