Hymn 22 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGHI JKLE DMDMWith God is terrible majesty | A |
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Terrible God that reign'st on high | B |
How awful is thy thund'ring hand | C |
Thy fiery bolts how fierce they fly | B |
Nor can all earth or hell withstand | C |
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This the old rebel angels knew | D |
And Satan fell beneath thy frown | E |
Thine arrows struck the traitor through | D |
And weighty vengeance sunk him down | E |
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This Sodom felt and feels it still | F |
And roars beneath th' eternal load | G |
With endless burnings who can dwell | H |
Or bear the fury of a God | I |
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Tremble ye sinners and submit | J |
Throw down your arms before his throne | K |
Bend your heads low beneath his feet | L |
Or his strong hand shall crush you down | E |
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And ye blest saints that love him too | D |
With rev'rence bow before his name | M |
Thus all his heav'nly servants do | D |
God is a bright and burning flame | M |
Isaac Watts
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