Hymn 98 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCD EFGF HIHJ KFKF ILJMChrist our wisdom righteousness etc | A |
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Cor | B |
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How heavy is the night | C |
That hangs upon our eyes | D |
Till Christ with his reviving light | C |
Over our souls arise | D |
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Our guilty spirits dread | E |
To meet the wrath of Heav'n | F |
But in his righteousness arrayed | G |
We see our sins forgiv'n | F |
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Unholy and impure | H |
Are all our thoughts and ways | I |
His hands infected nature cure | H |
With sanctifying grace | J |
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The powers of hell agree | K |
To hold our souls in vain | F |
He sets the sons of bondage free | K |
And breaks the cursed chain | F |
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Lord we adore thy ways | I |
To bring us near to God | L |
Thy sovereign power thy healing grace | J |
And thine atoning blood | M |
Isaac Watts
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