Hymn 57 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEF GHGH IJKJ LMLM NONO PQRQ SPSA TUVWOriginal 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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