Hymn 125 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED FGHG IJKA LMLM NGOG PQCQ| Christ's compassion to the weak and tempted | A |
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| Heb Matt | B |
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| With joy we meditate the grace | C |
| Of our High Priest above | D |
| His heart is made of tenderness | E |
| His bowels melt with love | D |
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| Touched with a sympathy within | F |
| He knows our feeble frame | G |
| He knows what sore temptations mean | H |
| For he has felt the same | G |
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| But spotless innocent and pure | I |
| The great Redeemer stood | J |
| While Satan's fiery darts he bore | K |
| And did resist to blood | A |
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| He in the days of feeble flesh | L |
| Poured out his cries and tears | M |
| And in his measure feels afresh | L |
| What every member bears | M |
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| He'll never quench the smoking flax | N |
| But raise it to a flame | G |
| The bruised reed he never breaks | O |
| Nor scorns the meanest name | G |
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| Then let our humble faith address | P |
| His mercy and his power | Q |
| We shall obtain deliv'ring grace | C |
| In the distressing hour | Q |
Isaac Watts
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