Hymn 115 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDAD EFEG HAIA JKLM NOPQ RSRSConviction of sin by the law | A |
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Rom | B |
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Lord how secure my conscience was | C |
And felt no inward dread | D |
I was alive without the law | A |
And thought my sins were dead | D |
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My hopes of heav'n were firm and bright | E |
But since the precept came | F |
With a convincing power and light | E |
I find how vile I am | G |
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My guilt appeared but small before | H |
Till terribly I saw | A |
How perfect holy just and pure | I |
Was thine eternal law | A |
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Then felt my soul the heavy load | J |
My sins revived again | K |
I had provoked a dreadful God | L |
And all my hopes were slain | M |
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I'm like a helpless captive sold | N |
Under the power of sin | O |
I cannot do the good I would | P |
Nor keep my conscience clean | Q |
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My God I cry with every breath | R |
For some kind power to save | S |
To break the yoke of sin and death | R |
And thus redeem the slave | S |
Isaac Watts
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