Hymn 15 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDE FFGG HHII JKLM NOLLOur 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But if the Lord be once withdrawn | J |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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