Hymn 157 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFEF FGFG HIJISatan's devices | A |
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Now Satan comes with dreadful roar | B |
And threatens to destroy | C |
He worries whom he can't devour | D |
With a malicious joy | C |
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Ye sons of God oppose his rage | E |
Resist and he'll begone | F |
Thus did our dearest Lord engage | E |
And vanquish him alone | F |
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Now he appears almost divine | F |
Like innocence and love | G |
But the old serpent lurks within | F |
When he assumes the dove | G |
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Fly from the false deceiver's tongue | H |
Ye sons of Adam fly | I |
Our parents found the snare too strong | J |
Nor should the children try | I |
Isaac Watts
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