Hymn 102 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B AACC DDAA EFGG AAHH IJCC CCAA KKAA LLMM| The Beatitudes | A |
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| Mt | B |
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| Blest are the humble souls that see | A |
| Their emptiness and poverty | A |
| Treasures of grace to them are giv'n | C |
| And crowns of joy laid up in heav'n | C |
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| Blest are the men of broken heart | D |
| Who mourn for sin with inward smart | D |
| The blood of Christ divinely flows | A |
| A healing balm for all their woes | A |
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| Blest are the meek who stand afar | E |
| From rage and passion noise and war | F |
| God will secure their happy state | G |
| And plead their cause against the great | G |
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| Blest are the souls that thirst for grace | A |
| Hunger and long for righteousness | A |
| They shall be well supplied and fed | H |
| With living streams and living bread | H |
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| Blest are the men whose bowels move | I |
| And melt with sympathy and love | J |
| From Christ the Lord shall they obtain | C |
| Like sympathy and love again | C |
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| Blest are the pure whose hearts arc clean | C |
| From the defiling powers of sin | C |
| With endless pleasure they shall see | A |
| A God of spotless purity | A |
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| Blest are the men of peaceful life | K |
| Who quench the coals of growing strife | K |
| They shall be called the heirs of bliss | A |
| The sons of God the God of peace | A |
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| Blest are the suff'rers who partake | L |
| Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake | L |
| Their souls shall triumph in the Lord | M |
| Glory and joy are their reward | M |
Isaac Watts
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