Psalm 102 Part 3 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDCE FGFG HIJI KCKC LMLM JNJO| v | A |
| L M | B |
| Man's mortality and Christ's eternity | A |
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| It is the Lord our Savior's hand | C |
| Weakens our strength amidst the race | D |
| Disease and death at his command | C |
| Arrest us and cut short our days | E |
| - | |
| Spare us O Lord aloud we pray | F |
| Nor let our sun go down at noon | G |
| Thy years are one eternal day | F |
| And must thy children die so soon | G |
| - | |
| Yet in the midst of death and grief | H |
| This thought our sorrow should assuage | I |
| Our Father and our Savior live | J |
| Christ is the same through every age | I |
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| 'Twas he this earth's foundation laid | K |
| Heav'n is the building of his hand | C |
| This earth grows old these heav'ns shall fade | K |
| And all be changed at his command | C |
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| The starry curtains of the sky | L |
| Like garments shall be laid aside | M |
| But still thy throne stands firm on high | L |
| Thy church for ever must abide | M |
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| Before thy face thy church shall live | J |
| And on thy throne thy children reign | N |
| This dying world shall they survive | J |
| And the dead saints be raised again | O |
Isaac Watts
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