Hymn 37 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFEG HIJI KLKL HMHM INIO| Christ's intercession | A |
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| Lift up your eyes to th' heav'nly seats | B |
| Where your Redeemer stays | C |
| Kind Intercessor there he sits | D |
| And loves and pleads and prays | C |
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| 'Twas well my soul he died for thee | E |
| And shed his vital blood | F |
| Appeased stern justice on the tree | E |
| And then arose to God | G |
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| Petitions now and praise may rise | H |
| And saints their off'rings bring | I |
| The Priest with his own sacrifice | J |
| Presents them to the King | I |
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| Let papists trust what names they please | K |
| Their saints and angels boast | L |
| We've no such advocates as these | K |
| Nor pray to th' heav'nly host | L |
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| Jesus alone shall bear my cries | H |
| Up to his Father's throne | M |
| He dearest Lord perfumes my sighs | H |
| And sweetens every groan | M |
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| Ten thousand praises to the King | I |
| Hosannah in the highest | N |
| Ten thousand thanks our spirits bring | I |
| To God and to his Christ | O |
Isaac Watts
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