Hymn 15 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDE FFGG HHII JKLM NOLL| Our own weakness and Christ our strength | A |
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| Cor | B |
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| Let me but hear my Savior say | C |
| Strength shall be equal to thy day | C |
| Then I rejoice in deep distress | D |
| Leaning on all sufficient grace | E |
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| I glory in infirmity | F |
| That Christ's own power may rest on me | F |
| When I am weak then am I strong | G |
| Grace is my shield and Christ my song | G |
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| I can do all things or can bear | H |
| All suff'rings if my Lord be there | H |
| Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains | I |
| While his left hand my head sustains | I |
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| But if the Lord be once withdrawn | J |
| And we attempt the work alone | K |
| When new temptations spring and rise | L |
| We find how great our weakness is | M |
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| So Samson when his hair was lost | N |
| Met the Philistines to his cost | O |
| Shook his vain limbs with sad surprise | L |
| Made feeble fight and lost his eyes | L |
Isaac Watts
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