Hymn 66 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEE FFBB BBGG BBEE HIJK GGLL MKNN OPDDChrist 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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