Psalm 147 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGFG HEHE ICIC GJGJ EKEK GLGM DNDO| v | A |
| C M | B |
| The seasons of the year | C |
| - | |
| With songs and honors sounding loud | D |
| Address the Lord on high | E |
| Over the heav'ns he spreads his cloud | D |
| And waters veil the sky | E |
| - | |
| He sends his showers of blessing down | F |
| To cheer the plains below | G |
| He makes the grass the mountains crown | F |
| And corn in valleys grow | G |
| - | |
| He gives the grazing ox his meat | H |
| He hears the raven's cry | E |
| But man who tastes his finest wheat | H |
| Should raise his honors high | E |
| - | |
| His steady counsels change the face | I |
| Of the declining year | C |
| He bids the sun cut short his race | I |
| And wintry days appear | C |
| - | |
| His hoary frost his fleecy snow | G |
| Descend and clothe the ground | J |
| The liquid streams forbear to flow | G |
| In icy fetters bound | J |
| - | |
| When from the dreadful stores on high | E |
| He pours the rattling hail | K |
| The wretch that dares this God defy | E |
| Shall find his courage fail | K |
| - | |
| He sends his word and melts the snow | G |
| The fields no longer mourn | L |
| He calls the warmer gales to blow | G |
| And bids the spring return | M |
| - | |
| The changing wind the flying cloud | D |
| Obey his mighty word | N |
| With songs and honors sounding loud | D |
| Praise ye the sovereign Lord | O |
Isaac Watts
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