Psalm 102 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLK MNDN OPOP QPQP RSES TPUP VPVP DWDW EXEX| v | 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 |
| - | |
| 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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Psalm 102 Part 1 is a poem by Isaac Watts. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.