Hymn 55 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEF BGHI JKLK MNON PQRQ STUTHezekiah's song or Sickness and recovery | A |
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Isa ff | B |
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When we are raised from deep distress | C |
Our God deserves a song | D |
We take the pattern of our praise | E |
From Hezekiah's tongue | F |
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The gates of the devouring grave | B |
Are opened wide in vain | G |
If he that holds the keys of death | H |
Commands them fast again | I |
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Pains of the flesh are wont t' abuse | J |
Our minds with slavish fears | K |
Our days are past and we shall lose | L |
The remnant of our years | K |
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We chatter with a swallow's voice | M |
Or like a dove we mourn | N |
With bitterness instead of joys | O |
Afflicted and forlorn | N |
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Jehovah speaks the healing word | P |
And no disease withstands | Q |
Fevers and plagues obey the Lord | R |
And fly at his commands | Q |
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If half the strings of life should break | S |
He can our frame restore | T |
He casts our sins behind his back | U |
And they are found no more | T |
Isaac Watts
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