Hymn 31 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGFG HIJK LCLE| Christ's presence makes death easy | A |
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| Why should we start and fear to die | B |
| What timorous worms we mortals are | C |
| Death is the gate of endless joy | D |
| And yet we dread to enter there | E |
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| The pains the groans and dying strife | F |
| Fright our approaching souls away | G |
| Still we shrink back again to life | F |
| Fond of our prison and our clay | G |
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| O if my Lord would come and meet | H |
| My soul should stretch her wings in haste | I |
| Fly fearless through death's iron gate | J |
| Nor feel the terrors as she passed | K |
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| Jesus can make a dying bed | L |
| Feel soft as downy pillows are | C |
| While on his breast I lean my head | L |
| And breathe my life out sweetly there | E |
Isaac Watts
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