Hymn 66 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEE FFBB BBGG BBEE HIJK GGLL MKNN OPDD| Christ the King at his table | A |
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| SS | B |
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| Let him embrace my soul and prove | C |
| Mine interest in his heav'nly love | D |
| The voice that tells me Thou art mine | E |
| Exceeds the blessings of the vine | E |
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| On thee th' anointing Spirit came | F |
| And spreads the savor of thy name | F |
| That oil of gladness and of grace | B |
| Draws virgin souls to meet thy face | B |
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| Jesus allure me by thy charms | B |
| My soul shall fly into thine arms | B |
| Our wand'ring feet thy favors bring | G |
| To the fair chambers of the King | G |
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| Wonder and pleasure tune our voice | B |
| To speak thy praises and our joys | B |
| Our memory keeps this love of thine | E |
| Beyond the taste of richest wine | E |
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| Though in ourselves deformed we are | H |
| And black as Kedar's tents appear | I |
| Yet when we put thy beauties on | J |
| Fair as the courts of Solomon | K |
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| While at his table sits the King | G |
| He loves to see us smile and sing | G |
| Our graces are our best perfume | L |
| And breathe like spikenard round the room | L |
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| As myrrh new bleeding from the tree | M |
| Such is a dying Christ to ine | K |
| And while he makes my soul his guest | N |
| My bosom Lord shall be thy rest | N |
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| No beams of cedar or of fir | O |
| Can with thy courts on earth compare | P |
| And here we wait until thy love | D |
| Raise us to nobler seats above | D |
Isaac Watts
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