Psalm 120 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFGF HIJI KLKL MNMO PQRSComplaint of quarrelsome neighbors or A devout wish for peace | A |
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Thou God of love thou ever blest | B |
Pity my suff'ring state | C |
When wilt thou set my soul at rest | B |
From lips that love deceit | D |
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Hard lot of mine my days are cast | E |
Among the sons of strife | F |
Whose never ceasing brawling waste | G |
My golden hours of life | F |
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O might I fly to change my place | H |
How would I choose to dwell | I |
In some wide lonesome wilderness | J |
And leave these gates of hell | I |
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Peace is the blessing that I seek | K |
How lovely are its charms | L |
I am for peace but when I speak | K |
They all declare for arms | L |
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New passions still their souls engage | M |
And keep their malice strong | N |
What shall be done to curb thy rage | M |
O thou devouring tongue | O |
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Should burning arrows smite thee through | P |
Strict justice would approve | Q |
But I had rather spare my foe | R |
And melt his heart with love | S |
Isaac Watts
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