Psalm 120 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFGF HIJI KLKL MNMO PQRS| Complaint 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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