Hymn 37 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEE FGHH IIJJ KKLL HHMM NNBB OPII FGHH| Christ's humiliation exaltation and triumph | A |
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| Phil Mark Col | B |
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| The mighty frame of glorious grace | C |
| That brightest monument of praise | D |
| That e'er the God of love designed | E |
| Employs and fills my lab'ring mind | E |
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| Begin my soul the heav'nly song | F |
| A burden for an angel's tongue | G |
| When Gabriel sounds these awful things | H |
| He tunes and summons all his stungs | H |
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| Proclaim inimitable love | I |
| Jesus the Lord of worlds above | I |
| Puts off the beams of bright array | J |
| And veils the God in mortal clay | J |
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| What black reproach defiled his name | K |
| When with our sins he took our shame | K |
| He whom adoring angels blessed | L |
| Is made the impious rebel's jest | L |
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| He that distributes crowns and thrones | H |
| Hangs on a tree and bleeds and groans | H |
| The Prince of Life resigns his breath | M |
| The King of Glory bows to death | M |
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| But see the wonders of his power | N |
| He triumphs in his dying hour | N |
| And while by Satan's rage he fell | B |
| He dashed the rising hopes of hell | B |
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| Thus were the hosts of death subdued | O |
| And sin was drowned in Jesus' blood | P |
| Thus he arose and reigns above | I |
| And conquers sinners by his love | I |
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| Who shall fulfil this boundless song | F |
| The theme surmounts an angel's tongue | G |
| How low how vain are mortal airs | H |
| When Gabriel's nobler harp despairs | H |
Isaac Watts
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