Hymn 31 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCE FGFG HIJK LMNM ODOE BPBP| The Christian's hidden life | A |
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| Col | B |
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| O happy soul that lives on high | C |
| While men lie grov'lling here | D |
| His hopes are fixed above the sky | C |
| And faith forbids his fear | E |
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| His conscience knows no secret stings | F |
| While peace and joy combine | G |
| To form a life whose holy springs | F |
| Are hidden and divine | G |
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| He waits in secret on his God | H |
| His God in secret sees | I |
| Let earth be all in arms abroad | J |
| He dwells in heav'nly peace | K |
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| His pleasures rise from things unseen | L |
| Beyond this world and time | M |
| Where neither eyes nor ears have been | N |
| Nor thoughts of sinners climb | M |
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| He wants no pomp nor royal throne | O |
| To raise his figure here | D |
| Content and pleased to live unknown | O |
| Till Christ his life appear | E |
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| He looks to heav'n's eternal hill | B |
| To meet that glorious day | P |
| But patient waits his Savior's will | B |
| To fetch his soul away | P |
Isaac Watts
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