Hymn 47 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCD EFGF HIHI JKJK| Death of kindred improved | A |
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| Zech | B |
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| Must friends and kindred droop and die | C |
| And helpers be withdrawn | D |
| While sorrow with a weeping eye | C |
| Counts up our comforts gone | D |
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| Be thou our comfort mighty God | E |
| Our helper and our friend | F |
| Nor leave us in this dangerous road | G |
| Till all our trials end | F |
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| O may our feet pursue the way | H |
| Our pious fathers led | I |
| With love and holy zeal obey | H |
| The counsels of the dead | I |
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| Let us be weaned from all below | J |
| Let hope our grief expel | K |
| While death invites our souls to go | J |
| Where our best kindred dwell | K |
Isaac Watts
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