Hymn 164 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFE GHGH CICIThe 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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