Hymn 40 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDBD EFGH IJKL MKNK KOBO KPQR| The business and blessedness of glorified saints | A |
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| Rev ff | B |
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| What happy men or angels these | C |
| That all their robes are spotless white | D |
| Whence did this glorious troop arrive | B |
| At the pure realms of heav'nly light | D |
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| From torturing racks and burning fires | E |
| And seas of their own blood they came | F |
| But nobler blood has washed their robes | G |
| Flowing from Christ the dying Lamb | H |
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| Now they approach th' Almighty throne | I |
| With loud hosannahs night and day | J |
| Sweet anthems to the great Three One | K |
| Measure their blest eternity | L |
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| No more shall hunger pain their souls | M |
| He bids their parching thirst begone | K |
| And spreads the shadow of his wings | N |
| To screen them from the scorching sun | K |
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| The Lamb that fills the middle throne | K |
| Shall shed around his milder beams | O |
| There shall they feast on his rich love | B |
| And drink full joys from living streams | O |
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| Thus shall their mighty bliss renew | K |
| Through the vast round of endless years | P |
| And the soft hand of sovereign grace | Q |
| Heals all their wounds and wipes their tears | R |
Isaac Watts
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