Hymn 119 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCD EFEG HIHI JKLKThe different success of the gospel | A |
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Cor Cor | B |
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Christ and his cross is all our theme | C |
The myst'ries that we speak | D |
Are scandal in the Jew's esteem | C |
And folly to the Greek | D |
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But souls enlightened from above | E |
With joy receive the word | F |
They see what wisdom power and love | E |
Shine in their dying Lord | G |
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The vital savor of his name | H |
Restores their fainting breath | I |
But unbelief perverts the same | H |
To guilt despair and death | I |
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Till God diffuse his graces down | J |
Like showers of heav'nly rain | K |
In vain Apollos sows the ground | L |
And Paul may plant in vain | K |
Isaac Watts
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