Hymn 146 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD EEFF GGHH IIJK LLMM NNOH PPQQ RSKK TTUB VVWK XYZA2 B2C2D2D2 FE2KW F2ADD G2G2H2H2 DI2J2K2 L2L2M2X N2K2DD| Characters of Christ borrowed from inanimate things in Scripture | A |
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| Go worship at Immanuel's feet | B |
| See in his face what wonders meet | B |
| Earth is too narrow to express | C |
| His worth his glory or his grace | D |
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| The whole creation can afford | E |
| But some faint shadows of my Lord | E |
| Nature to make his beauties known | F |
| Must mingle colors not her own | F |
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| Is he compared to wine or bread | G |
| Dear Lord our souls would thus be fed | G |
| That flesh that dying blood of thine | H |
| Is bread of life is heav'nly wine | H |
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| Is he a tree The world receives | I |
| Salvation from his healing leaves | I |
| That righteous branch that fruitful bough | J |
| Is David's root and offspring too | K |
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| Is he a rose Not Sharon yields | L |
| Such fragrancy in all her fields | L |
| Or if the lily he assume | M |
| The valleys bless the rich perfume | M |
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| Is he a vine His heav'nly root | N |
| Supplies the boughs with life and fruit | N |
| O let a lasting union join | O |
| My soul the branch to Christ the vine | H |
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| Is he the head Each member lives | P |
| And owns the vital powers he gives | P |
| The saints below and saints above | Q |
| Joined by his Spirit and his love | Q |
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| Is he a fountain There I bathe | R |
| And heal the plague of sin and death | S |
| These waters all my soul renew | K |
| And cleanse my spotted garments too | K |
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| Is he a fire He'll purge my dross | T |
| But the true gold sustains no loss | T |
| Like a refiner shall he sit | U |
| And tread the refuse with his feet | B |
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| Is he a rock How firm he proves | V |
| The Rock of ages never moves | V |
| Yet the sweet streams that from him flow | W |
| Attend us all the desert through | K |
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| Is he a way He leads to God | X |
| The path is drawn in lines of blood | Y |
| There would I walk with hope and zeal | Z |
| Till I arrive at Zion's hill | A2 |
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| Is he a door I'll enter in | B2 |
| Behold the pastures large and green | C2 |
| A paradise divinely fair | D2 |
| None but the sheep have freedom there | D2 |
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| Is he designed the corner stone | F |
| For men to build their heav'n upon | E2 |
| I'll make him my foundation too | K |
| Nor fear the plots of hell below | W |
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| Is he a temple I adore | F2 |
| Th' indwelling majesty and power | A |
| And still to this most holy place | D |
| Whene'er I pray I turn my face | D |
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| Is he a star He breaks the night | G2 |
| Piercing the shades with dawning light | G2 |
| I know his glories from afar | H2 |
| I know the bright the morning star | H2 |
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| Is he a sun His beams are grace | D |
| His course is joy and righteousness | I2 |
| Nations rejoice when he appears | J2 |
| To chase their clouds and dry their tears | K2 |
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| O let me climb those higher skies | L2 |
| Where storms and darkness never rise | L2 |
| There he displays his power abroad | M2 |
| And shines and reigns th' incarnate God | X |
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| Nor earth nor seas nor sun nor stars | N2 |
| Nor heav'n his full resemblance bears | K2 |
| His beauties we can never trace | D |
| Till we behold him face to face | D |
Isaac Watts
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