Hymn 79 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B BBBB CBDB EFEF BGBH IBIB JBJBA morning hymn | A |
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Psa | B |
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God of the morning at whose voice | B |
The cheerful sun makes haste to rise | B |
And like a giant doth rejoice | B |
To run his journey through the skies | B |
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From the fair chambers of the east | C |
The circuit of his race begins | B |
And without weariness or rest | D |
Round the whole earth he flies and shines | B |
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O like the sun may I fulfil | E |
Th' appointed duties of the day | F |
With ready mind and active will | E |
March on and keep my heav'nly way | F |
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But I shall rove and lose the race | B |
If God my sun should disappear | G |
And leave me in this world's wild maze | B |
To follow every wand'ring star | H |
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Lord thy commands are clean and pure | I |
Enlight'ning our beclouded eyes | B |
Thy threat'nings just thy promise sure | I |
Thy gospel makes the simple wise | B |
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Give me thy counsel for my guide | J |
And then receive me to thy bliss | B |
All my desires and hopes beside | J |
Are faint and cold compared with this | B |
Isaac Watts
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