Hymn 88 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDD DDEE FFDD GHDD IIJJ KLMM| Life 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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