Hymn 78 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA B C CCCC DEFF GGHH IJKK LLMM NOCC PPQQ| A | |
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| The strength of Christ's love | B |
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| SS | C |
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| Who is this fair one in distress | C |
| That travels from the wilderness | C |
| And pressed with sorrows and with sins | C |
| On her beloved Lord she leans | C |
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| This is the spouse of Christ our God | D |
| Bought with the treasure of his blood | E |
| And her request and her complaint | F |
| Is but the voice of every saint | F |
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| O let my name engraven stand | G |
| Both on thy heart and on thy hand | G |
| Seal me upon thine arm and wear | H |
| That pledge of love for ever there | H |
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| Stronger than death thy love is known | I |
| Which floods of wrath could never drown | J |
| And hell and earth in vain combine | K |
| To quench a fire so much divine | K |
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| But I am jealous of my heart | L |
| Lest it should once from thee depart | L |
| Then let thy name be well impressed | M |
| As a fair signet on my breast | M |
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| Till thou hast brought me to thy home | N |
| Where fears and doubts can never come | O |
| Thy count'nance let me often see | C |
| And often thou shalt hear from me | C |
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| Come my Beloved haste away | P |
| Cut short the hours of thy delay | P |
| Fly like a youthful hart or roe | Q |
| Over the hills where spices grow | Q |
Isaac Watts
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