Hymn 117 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDAD EFEG HIHI JKLK MNMN OPQP RRCC JJSTElection sovereign and free | A |
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Rom | B |
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Behold the potter and the clay | C |
He forms his vessels as he please | D |
Such is our God and such are we | A |
The subjects of his high decrees | D |
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Doth not the workman's power extend | E |
O'er all the mass which part to choose | F |
And mold it for a nobler end | E |
And which to leave for viler use | G |
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May not the sovereign Lord on high | H |
Dispense his favors as he will | I |
Choose some to life while others die | H |
And yet be just and gracious still | I |
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What if to make his terror known | J |
He lets his patience long endure | K |
Suff'ring vile rebels to go on | L |
And seal their own destruction sure | K |
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What if he means to show his grace | M |
And his electing love employs | N |
To mark out some of mortal race | M |
And form them fit for heav'nly joys | N |
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Shall man reply against the Lord | O |
And call his Maker's ways unjust | P |
The thunder of whose dreadful word | Q |
Can crush a thousand worlds to dust | P |
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But O my soul if truths so bright | R |
Should dazzle and confound thy sight | R |
Yet still his written will obey | C |
And wait the great decisive day | C |
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Then shall he make his justice known | J |
And the whole world before his throne | J |
With joy or terror shall confess | S |
The glory of his righteousness | T |
Isaac Watts
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