Hymn 74 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCBB DDEE FGHI JKLM NOBB BBPP BBQR SSTU| The church the garden of Christ | A |
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| SS | B |
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| We are a garden walled around | C |
| Chosen and made peculiar ground | C |
| A little spot enclosed by grace | B |
| Out of the world's wide wilderness | B |
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| Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand | D |
| Planted by God the Father's hand | D |
| And all his springs in Zion flow | E |
| To make the young plantation grow | E |
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| Awake O heav'nly wind and come | F |
| Blow on this garden of perfume | G |
| Spirit divine descend and breathe | H |
| A gracious gale on plants beneath | I |
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| Make our best spices flow abroad | J |
| To entertain our Savior God | K |
| And faith and love and joy appear | L |
| And every grace be active here | M |
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| Let my Beloved come and taste | N |
| His pleasant fruits at his own feast | O |
| I come my spouse I come he cries | B |
| With love and pleasure in his eyes | B |
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| Our Lord into his garden comes | B |
| Well pleased to smell our poor perfumes | B |
| And calls us to a feast divine | P |
| Sweeter than honey milk or wine | P |
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| Eat of the tree of life my friends | B |
| The blessings that my Father sends | B |
| Your taste shall all my dainties prove | Q |
| And drink abundance of my love | R |
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| Jesus we will frequent thy board | S |
| And sing the bounties of our Lord | S |
| But the rich food on which we live | T |
| Demands more praise than tongues can give | U |
Isaac Watts
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