Hymn 28 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED FGHG IJKJ LMJN OPQP RSTSThe triumph of Christ over the enemies of his church | A |
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Isa etc | B |
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What mighty man or mighty God | C |
Comes travelling in state | D |
Along the Idumean road | E |
Away from Bozrah's gate | D |
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The glory of his robes proclaim | F |
'Tis some victorious king | G |
'Tis I the Just th' Almighty One | H |
That your salvation bring | G |
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Why mighty Lord thy saints inquire | I |
Why thine apparel's red | J |
And all thy vesture stained like those | K |
Who in the wine press tread | J |
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I by myself have trod the press | L |
And crushed my foes alone | M |
My wrath has struck the rebels dead | J |
My fury stamped them down | N |
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'Tis Edom's blood that dyes my robes | O |
With joyful scarlet stains | P |
The triumph that my raiment wears | Q |
Sprung from their bleeding veins | P |
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Thus shall the nations be destroyed | R |
That dare insult my saints | S |
I have an arm t' avenge their wrongs | T |
An ear for their complaints | S |
Isaac Watts
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