Hymn 163 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI KLKM NOPO DQRQComplaint of desertion and temptations | A |
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Dear Lord behold our sore distress | B |
Our sins attempt to reign | C |
Stretch out thine arm of conquering grace | D |
And let thy foes be slain | C |
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The lion with his dreadful roar | E |
Affrights thy feeble sheep | F |
Reveal the glory of thy power | G |
And chain him to the deep | F |
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Must we indulge a long despair | H |
Shall our petitions die | I |
Our mourning's never reach thine ear | J |
Nor tears affect thine eye | I |
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If thou despise a mortal groan | K |
Yet hear a Savior's blood | L |
An Advocate so near the throne | K |
Pleads and prevails with God | M |
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He brought the Spirit's powerful sword | N |
To slay our deadly foes | O |
Our sins shall die beneath thy word | P |
And hell in vain oppose | O |
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How boundless is our Father's grace | D |
In height and depth and length | Q |
He makes his Son our righteousness | R |
His Spirit is our strength | Q |
Isaac Watts
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