Hymn 13 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED FGHI JKLK MELE NOPOThe Son of God incarnate | A |
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Isa | B |
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The lands that long in darkness lay | C |
Now have beheld a heav'nly light | D |
Nations that sat in death's cold shade | E |
Are blessed with beams divinely bright | D |
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The virgin's promised Son is born | F |
Behold th' expected child appear | G |
What shall his names or titles be | H |
The Wonderful the Counsellor | I |
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This infant is the mighty God | J |
Come to be suckled and adored | K |
Th' eternal Father Prince of Peace | L |
The Son of David and his Lord | K |
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The government of earth and seas | M |
Upon his shoulders shall be laid | E |
His wide dominions still increase | L |
And honors to his name be paid | E |
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Jesus the holy child shall sit | N |
High on his father David's throne | O |
Shall crush his foes beneath his feet | P |
And reign to ages yet unknown | O |
Isaac Watts
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