Hymn 159 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABAB CDED FAGH IHJH KLKL MNMNAn unconverted state or Converting grace | A |
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Great King of glory and of grace | A |
We own with humble shame | B |
How vile is our degen'rate race | A |
And our first father's name | B |
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From Adam flows our tainted blood | C |
The poison reigns within | D |
Makes us averse to all that's good | E |
And willing slaves to sin | D |
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Daily we break thy holy laws | F |
And then reject thy grace | A |
Engaged in the old serpent's cause | G |
Against our Maker's face l | H |
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We live estranged afar from God | I |
And love the distance well | H |
With haste we run the dangerous road | J |
That leads to death and hell | H |
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And can such rebels be restored | K |
Such natures made divine | L |
Let sinners see thy glory Lord | K |
And feel this power of thine | L |
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We raise our Fathers name on high | M |
Who his own Spirit sends | N |
To bring rebellious strangers nigh | M |
And turn his foes to friends | N |
Isaac Watts
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