Hymn 88 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDD DDEE FFDD GHDD IIJJ KLMMLife the day of grace and hope | A |
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Eccl | B |
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Life is the time to serve the Lord | C |
The time t' insure the great reward | C |
And while the lamp holds out to burn | D |
The vilest sinner may return | D |
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Life is the hour that God has giv'n | D |
To 'scape from hell and fly to heav'n | D |
The day of grace and mortals may | E |
Secure the blessings of the day | E |
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The living know that they must die | F |
But all the dead forgotten lie | F |
Their mem'ry and their sense is gone | D |
Alike unknowing and unknown | D |
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Their hatred and their love is lost | G |
Their envy buried in the dust | H |
They have no share in all that's done | D |
Beneath the circuit of the sun | D |
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Then what my thoughts design to do | I |
My hands with all your might pursue | I |
Since no device nor work is found | J |
Nor faith nor hope beneath the ground | J |
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There are no acts of pardon passed | K |
In the cold grave to which we haste | L |
But darkness death and long despair | M |
Reign in eternal silence there | M |
Isaac Watts
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