Hymn 123 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCE FGFG HIJI KLMN OPQP RSTS UVWVThe 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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