Psalm 14 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE CFGF HIJI BKLK MNMN OGOGBy Nature all men are sinners | A |
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Fools in their heart believe and say | B |
That all religion's vain | C |
There is no God that reigns on high | D |
Or minds th' affairs of men | E |
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From thoughts so dreadful and profane | C |
Corrupt discourse proceeds | F |
And in their impious hands are found | G |
Abominable deeds | F |
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The Lord from his celestial throne | H |
Looked down on things below | I |
To find the man that sought his grace | J |
Or did his justice know | I |
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By nature all are gone astray | B |
Their practice all the same | K |
There's none that fears his Maker's hand | L |
There's none that loves his name | K |
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Their tongues are used to speak deceit | M |
Their slanders never cease | N |
How swift to mischief are their feet | M |
Nor know the paths of peace | N |
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Such seeds of sin that bitter root | O |
In every heart are found | G |
Nor can they bear diviner fruit | O |
Till grace refine the ground | G |
Isaac Watts
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