Hymn 57 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEF GHGH IJKJ LMLM NONO PQRQ SPSA TUVW| Original sin | A |
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| Rom etc Psa Job | B |
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| Backward with humble shame we look | C |
| On our original | D |
| How is our nature dashed and broke | E |
| In our first father's fall | F |
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| To all that's good averse and blind | G |
| But prone to all that's ill | H |
| What dreadful darkness veils our mind | G |
| How obstinate our will | H |
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| Conceived in sin O wretched state | I |
| Before we draw our breath | J |
| The first young pulse begins to beat | K |
| Iniquity and death | J |
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| How strong in our degen'rate blood | L |
| The old corruption reigns | M |
| And mingling with the crooked flood | L |
| Wanders through all our veins | M |
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| Wild and unwholesome as the root | N |
| Will all the branches be | O |
| How can we hope for living fruit | N |
| From such a deadly tree | O |
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| What mortal power from things unclean | P |
| Can pure productions bring | Q |
| Who can command a vital stream | R |
| From an infected spring | Q |
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| Yet mighty God thy wondrous love | S |
| Can make our nature clean | P |
| While Christ and grace prevail above | S |
| The tempter death and sin | A |
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| The second Adam shall restore | T |
| The ruins of the first | U |
| Hosannah to that sovereign power | V |
| That new creates our dust | W |
Isaac Watts
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