Psalm 102 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLK MNDN OPOP QPQP RSES TPUP VPVP DWDW EXEXv | A |
C M | B |
A prayer of the afflicted | C |
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Hear me O God nor hide thy face | D |
But answer lest I die | E |
Hast thou not built a throne of grace | D |
To hear when sinners cry | E |
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My days are wasted like the smoke | F |
Dissolving in the air | G |
My strength is dried my heart is broke | F |
And sinking in despair | G |
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My spirits flag like with'ring grass | H |
Burnt with excessive heat | I |
In secret groans my minutes pass | H |
And I forget to eat | I |
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As on some lonely building's top | J |
The sparrow tells her moan | K |
Far from the tents of joy and hope | L |
I sit and grieve alone | K |
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My soul is like a wilderness | M |
Where beasts of midnight howl | N |
There the sad raven finds her place | D |
And there the screaming owl | N |
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Dark dismal thoughts and boding fears | O |
Dwell in my troubled breast | P |
While sharp reproaches wound my ears | O |
Nor give my spirit rest | P |
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My cup is mingled with my woes | Q |
And tears are my repast | P |
My daily bread like ashes grows | Q |
Unpleasant to my taste | P |
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Sense can afford no real joy | R |
To souls that feel thy frown | S |
Lord 'twas thy hand advanced me high | E |
Thy hand hath cast me down | S |
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My looks like withered leaves appear | T |
And life's declining light | P |
Grows faint as evening shadows are | U |
That vanish into night | P |
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But thou for ever art the same | V |
O my eternal God | P |
Ages to come shall know thy name | V |
And spread thy works abroad | P |
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Thou wilt arise and show thy face | D |
Nor will my Lord delay | W |
Beyond th' appointed hour of grace | D |
That long expected day | W |
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He hears his saints he knows their cry | E |
And by mysterious ways | X |
Redeems the pris'ners doomed to die | E |
And fills their tongues with praise | X |
Isaac Watts
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