Psalm 139 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE FFGG BBHI AAJJ K LLMM NOPP QQII| The wonderful formation of man | A |
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| 'Twas from thy hand my God I came | B |
| A work of such a curious frame | B |
| In me thy fearful wonders shine | C |
| And each proclaims thy skill divine | C |
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| Thine eyes did all my limbs survey | D |
| Which yet in dark confusion lay | D |
| Thou saw'st the daily growth they took | E |
| Formed by the model of thy book | E |
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| By thee my growing parts were named | F |
| And what thy sovereign counsels framed | F |
| The breathing lungs the beating heart | G |
| Was copied with unerring art | G |
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| At last to show my Maker's name | B |
| God stamped his image on my frame | B |
| And in some unknown moment joined | H |
| The finished members to the mind | I |
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| There the young seeds of thought began | A |
| And all the passions of the man | A |
| Great God our infant nature pays | J |
| Immortal tribute to thy praise | J |
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| PAUSE | K |
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| Lord since in my advancing age | L |
| I've acted on life's busy stage | L |
| Thy thoughts of love to me surmount | M |
| The power of numbers to recount | M |
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| I could survey the ocean o'er | N |
| And count each sand that makes the shore | O |
| Before my swiftest thoughts could trace | P |
| The num'rous wonders of thy grace | P |
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| These on my heart are still impressed | Q |
| With these I give my eyes to rest | Q |
| And at my waking hour I find | I |
| God and his love possess my mind | I |
Isaac Watts
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