Psalm 112 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEED FFGHHG IJKHHK DDLMMN O PPDQQD EERMMR| The blessings of the liberal man | A |
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| That man is blest who stands in awe | B |
| Of God and loves his sacred law | C |
| His seed on earth shall be renowned | D |
| His house the seat of wealth shall be | E |
| An inexhausted treasury | E |
| And with successive honors crowned | D |
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| His lib'ral favors he extends | F |
| To some he gives to others lends | F |
| A gen'rous pity fills his mind | G |
| Yet what his charity impairs | H |
| He saves by prudence in affairs | H |
| And thus he's just to all mankind | G |
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| His hands while they his alms bestowed | I |
| His glory's future harvest sowed | J |
| The sweet remembrance of the just | K |
| Like a green root revives and bears | H |
| A train of blessings for his heirs | H |
| When dying nature sleeps in dust | K |
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| Beset with threat'ning dangers round | D |
| Unmoved shall he maintain his ground | D |
| His conscience holds his courage up | L |
| The soul that's filled with virtue's light | M |
| Shines brightest in affliction's night | M |
| And sees in darkness beams of hope | N |
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| PAUSE | O |
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| Ill tidings never can surprise | P |
| His heart that fixed on God relies | P |
| Though waves and tempests roar around | D |
| Safe on the rock he sits and sees | Q |
| The shipwreck of his enemies | Q |
| And all their hope and glory drowned | D |
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| The wicked shall his triumph see | E |
| And gnash their teeth in agony | E |
| To find their expectations crossed | R |
| They and their envy pride and spite | M |
| Sink down to everlasting night | M |
| And all their names in darkness lost | R |
Isaac Watts
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