Hymn 111 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED FGFG BHAH IDJD KLML NANASalvation by grace | A |
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Titus | B |
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Lord we confess our num'rous faults | C |
How great our guilt has been | D |
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts | E |
And all our lives were sin | D |
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But O my soul for ever praise | F |
For ever love his name | G |
Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways | F |
Of folly sin and shame | G |
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'Tis not by works of righteousness | B |
Which our own hands have done | H |
But we are saved by sovereign grace | A |
Abounding through his Son | H |
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'Tis from the mercy of our God | I |
That all our hopes begin | D |
'Tis by the water and the blood | J |
Our souls are washed from sin | D |
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'Tis through the purchase of his death | K |
Who hung upon the tree | L |
The Spirit is sent down to breathe | M |
On such dry bones as we | L |
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Raised from the dead we live anew | N |
And justified by grace | A |
We shall appear in glory too | N |
And see our Father's face | A |
Isaac Watts
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