Hymn 164 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFE GHGH CICI| The end of the world | A |
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| Why should this earth delight us so | B |
| Why should we fix our eyes | C |
| On these low grounds where sorrows grow | B |
| And every pleasure dies | C |
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| While time his sharpest teeth prepares | D |
| Our comforts to devour | E |
| There is a land above the stars | F |
| And joys above his power | E |
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| Nature shall be dissolved and die | G |
| The sun must end his race | H |
| The earth and sea for ever fly | G |
| Before my Savior's face | H |
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| When will that glorious morning rise | C |
| When the last trumpet sound | I |
| And call the nations to the skies | C |
| From underneath the ground | I |
Isaac Watts
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