Psalm 112 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEED FFGHHG IJKHHK DDLMMN O PPDQQD EERMMRThe 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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