Hymn 22 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCD EFGF HIHI JKLK MNMN LOPQ| Flesh and spirit | A |
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| Rom | B |
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| What vain desires and passions vain | C |
| Attend this mortal clay | D |
| Oft have they pierced my soul with pain | C |
| And drawn my heart astray | D |
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| How have I wandered from my God | E |
| And following sin and shame | F |
| In this vile world of flesh and blood | G |
| Defiled my nobler frame | F |
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| For ever blessed be thy grace | H |
| That formed my soul anew | I |
| And made it of a heav'n born race | H |
| Thy glory to pursue | I |
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| My spirit holds perpetual war | J |
| And wrestles and complains | K |
| But views the happy moment near | L |
| That shall dissolve its chains | K |
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| Cheerful in death I close my eyes | M |
| To part with every lust | N |
| And charge my flesh whene'er it rise | M |
| To leave them in the dust | N |
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| My purer spirit shall not fear | L |
| To put this body on | O |
| Its tempting powers no more are there | P |
| Its lusts and passions gone | Q |
Isaac Watts
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