Hymn 75 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDD EEFF GGBB BBBB HHIJ KKGG BBLL DDMM BBBB NNOO| The description of Christ the beloved | A |
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| SS | B |
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| The wond'ring world inquires to know | C |
| Why I should love my Jesus so | C |
| What are his charms say they above | D |
| The objects of a mortal love | D |
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| Yes my Beloved to my sight | E |
| Shows a sweet mixture red and white | E |
| All human beauties all divine | F |
| In my Beloved meet and shine | F |
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| White is his soul from blemish free | G |
| Red with the blood he shed for me | G |
| The fairest of ten thousand fairs | B |
| A sun amongst ten thousand stars | B |
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| His head the finest gold excels | B |
| There wisdom in perfection dwells | B |
| And glory like a crown adorns | B |
| Those temples once beset with thorns | B |
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| Compassion's in his heart are found | H |
| Hard by the signals of his wound | H |
| His sacred side no more shall bear | I |
| The cruel scourge the piercing spear | J |
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| His hands are fairer to behold | K |
| Than diamonds set in rings of gold | K |
| Those heav'nly hands that on the tree | G |
| Were nailed and torn and bled for me | G |
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| Though once he bowed his feeble knees | B |
| Loaded with sins and agonies | B |
| Now on the throne of his command | L |
| His legs like marble pillars stand | L |
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| His eyes are majesty and love | D |
| The eagle tempered with the dove | D |
| No more shall trickling sorrows roll | M |
| Through those dear windows of his soul | M |
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| His mouth that poured out long complaints | B |
| Now smiles and cheers his fainting saints | B |
| His countenance more graceful is | B |
| Than Lebanon with all its trees | B |
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| All over glorious is my Lord | N |
| Must be beloved and yet adored | N |
| His worth if all the nations knew | O |
| Sure the whole earth would love him too | O |
Isaac Watts
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About Hymn 75
Hymn 75 is a poem by Isaac Watts. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.