Psalm 102 Part 3 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDCE FGFG HIJI KCKC LMLM JNJOv | 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 |
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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 |
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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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