Hymn 78 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA B C CCCC DEFF GGHH IJKK LLMM NOCC PPQQA | |
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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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