Hymn 83 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCA EFEF GHIJ KLKM| Afflictions and death under Providence | A |
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| Job | B |
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| Not from the dust affliction grows | C |
| Nor troubles rise by chance | D |
| Yet we are born to cares and woes | C |
| A sad inheritance | A |
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| As sparks break out from burning coals | E |
| And still are upwards borne | F |
| So grief is rooted in our souls | E |
| And man grows up to mourn | F |
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| Yet with my God I leave my cause | G |
| And trust his promised grace | H |
| He rules me by his well known laws | I |
| Of love and righteousness | J |
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| Not all the pains that e'er I bore | K |
| Shall spoil my future peace | L |
| For death and hell can do no more | K |
| Than what my Father please | M |
Isaac Watts
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