Hymn 152 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED FGFH IJKJ LAMA NONO PQRQSinai and Zion | A |
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Heb ff | B |
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Not to the terrors of the Lord | C |
The tempest fire and smoke | D |
Not to the thunder of that word | E |
Which God on Sinai spoke | D |
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But we are come to Zion's hill | F |
The city of our God | G |
Where milder words declare his will | F |
And spread his love abroad | H |
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Behold th' innumerable host | I |
Of angels clothed in light | J |
Behold the spirits of the just | K |
Whose faith is turned to sight | J |
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Behold the blest assembly there | L |
Whose names are writ in heav'n | A |
And God the Judge of all declares | M |
Their vilest sins forgiv'n | A |
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The saints on earth and all the dead | N |
But one communion make | O |
All join in Christ their living Head | N |
And of his grace partake | O |
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In such society as this | P |
My weary soul would rest | Q |
The man that dwells where Jesus is | R |
Must be for ever blest | Q |
Isaac Watts
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