Hymn 38 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC BDBE FGHI JKJL MNMA| Love to God | A |
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| Happy the heart where graces reign | B |
| Where love inspires the breast | C |
| Love is the brightest of the train | B |
| And strengthens all the rest | C |
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| Knowledge alas 'tis all in vain | B |
| And all in vain our fear | D |
| Our stubborn sins will fight and reign | B |
| If love be absent there | E |
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| 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet | F |
| In swift obedience move | G |
| The devils know and tremble too | H |
| But Satan cannot love | I |
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| This is the grace that lives and sings | J |
| When faith and hope shall cease | K |
| 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings | J |
| In the sweet realms of bliss | L |
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| Before we quite forsake our clay | M |
| Or leave this dark abode | N |
| The wings of love bear us away | M |
| To see our smiling God | A |
Isaac Watts
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