Hymn 86 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED FFFF FGFH IJKJ FFFF FLML| God holy just and sovereign | A |
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| Job | B |
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| How should the sons of Adam's race | C |
| Be pure before their God | D |
| If he contend in righteousness | E |
| We fall beneath his rod | D |
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| To vindicate my words and thoughts | F |
| I'll make no more pretence | F |
| Not one of all my thousand faults | F |
| Can bear a just defence | F |
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| Strong is his arm his heart is wise | F |
| What vain presumer's dare | G |
| Against their Maker's hand to rise | F |
| Or tempt th' unequal war | H |
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| Mountains by his almighty wrath | I |
| From their old seats are torn | J |
| He shakes the earth from south to north | K |
| And all her pillars mourn | J |
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| He bids the sun forbear to rise | F |
| Th' obedient sun forbears | F |
| His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies | F |
| And seals up all the stars | F |
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| He walks upon the stormy sea | F |
| Flies on the stormy wind | L |
| There's none can trace his wondrous way | M |
| Or his dark footsteps find | L |
Isaac Watts
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Hymn 86 is a poem by Isaac Watts. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.