Hymn 153 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGFG AHIH JKJK LMNM OKPKThe distemper folly and madness of sin | A |
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Sin like a venomous disease | B |
Infects our vital blood | C |
The only balm is sovereign grace | D |
And the physician God | E |
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Our beauty and our strength are fled | F |
And we draw near to death | G |
But Christ the Lord recalls the dead | F |
With his almighty breath | G |
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Madness by nature reigns within | A |
The passions burn and rage | H |
Till God's own Son with skill divine | I |
The inward fire assuage | H |
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We lick the dust we grasp the wind | J |
And solid good despise | K |
Such is the folly of the mind | J |
Till Jesus makes us wise | K |
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We give our souls the wounds they feel | L |
We drink the pois'nous gall | M |
And rush with fury down to hell | N |
But Heav'n prevents the fall | M |
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The man possessed among the tombs | O |
Cuts his own flesh and cries | K |
He foams and raves till Jesus comes | P |
And the foul spirit flies | K |
Isaac Watts
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