Hymn 95 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CACA ADAD EFEF GHGHRegeneration | A |
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John etc | B |
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Not all the outward forms on earth | C |
Nor rites that God has giv'n | A |
Nor will of man nor blood nor birth | C |
Can raise a soul to heav'n | A |
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The sovereign will of God alone | A |
Creates us heirs of grace | D |
Born in the image of his Son | A |
A new peculiar race | D |
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The Spirit like some heav'nly wind | E |
Blows on the sons of flesh | F |
New models all the carnal mind | E |
And forms the man afresh | F |
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Our quickened souls awake and rise | G |
From the long sleep of death | H |
On heav'nly things we fix our eyes | G |
And praise employs our breath | H |
Isaac Watts
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