Hymn 111 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED FGFG BHAH IDJD KLML NANA| Salvation 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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