Psalm 107 Part 4 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FFGG HHII JJKK LLMM NNOO| Deliverance from storms and shipwreck or The seaman's song | A |
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| Would you behold the works of God | B |
| His wonders in the world abroad | C |
| Go with the mariners and trace | D |
| The unknown regions of the seas | E |
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| They leave their native shores behind | F |
| And seize the favor of the wind | F |
| Till God command and tempests rise | G |
| That heave the ocean to the skies | G |
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| Now to the heav'ns they mount amain | H |
| Now sink to dreadful deeps again | H |
| What strange affrights young sailors feel | I |
| And like a stagg'ring drunkard reel | I |
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| When land is far and death is nigh | J |
| Lost to all hope to God they cry | J |
| His mercy hears the loud address | K |
| And sends salvation in distress | K |
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| He bids the winds their wrath assuage | L |
| The furious waves forget their rage | L |
| 'Tis calm and sailors smile to see | M |
| The haven where they wished to be | M |
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| O may the sons of men record | N |
| The wondrous goodness of the Lord | N |
| Let them their private off'rings bring | O |
| And in the church his glory sing | O |
Isaac Watts
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