Hymn 43 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGHG IJKJ LMFM DNON PQRQChrist's sufferings and glory | A |
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Now for a tune of lofty praise | B |
To great Jehovah's equal Son | C |
Awake my voice in heav'nly lays | B |
Tell the loud wonders he hath done | C |
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Sing how he left the worlds of light | D |
And the bright robes he wore above | E |
How swift and joyful was his flight | D |
On wings of everlasting love | E |
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Down to this base this sinful earth | F |
He came to raise our nature high | G |
He came t' atone Almighty wrath | H |
Jesus the God was born to die | G |
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Hell and its lions roared around | I |
His precious blood the monsters spilt | J |
While weighty sorrows pressed him down | K |
Large as the loads of all our guilt | J |
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Deep in the shades of gloomy death | L |
Th' almighty Captive pris'ner lay | M |
Th' almighty Captive left the earth | F |
And rose to everlasting day | M |
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Lift up your eyes ye sons of light | D |
Up to his throne of shining grace | N |
See what immortal glories sit | O |
Round the sweet beauties of his face | N |
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Amongst a thousand harps and songs | P |
Jesus the God exalted reigns | Q |
His sacred name fills all their tongues | R |
And echoes through the heav'nly plains | Q |
Isaac Watts
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