Hymn 123 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCE FGFG HIJI KLMN OPQP RSTS UVWV| The repenting prodigal | A |
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| Luke etc | B |
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| Behold the wretch whose lust and wine | C |
| Had wasted his estate | D |
| He begs a share among the swine | C |
| To taste the husks they eat | E |
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| I die with hunger here he cries | F |
| I starve in foreign lands | G |
| My father's house has large supplies | F |
| And bounteous are his hands | G |
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| I'll go and with a mournful tongue | H |
| Fall down before his face | I |
| Father I've done thy justice wrong | J |
| Nor can deserve thy grace | I |
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| He said and hastened to his home | K |
| To seek his father's love | L |
| The father saw the rebel come | M |
| And all his bowels move | N |
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| He ran and fell upon his neck | O |
| Embraced and kissed his son | P |
| The rebel's heart with sorrow brake | Q |
| For follies he had done | P |
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| Take off his clothes of shame and sin | R |
| The father gives command | S |
| Dress him in garments white and clean | T |
| With rings adorn his hand | S |
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| A day of feasting I ordain | U |
| Let mirth and joy abound | V |
| My son was dead and lives again | W |
| Was lost and now is found | V |
Isaac Watts
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