Psalm 39 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFG HIJI KLML NOPO QJLJ RSTS| v | A |
| C M | B |
| The vanity of man as mortal | C |
| - | |
| Teach me the measure of my days | D |
| Thou Maker of my frame | E |
| I would survey life's narrow space | F |
| And learn how frail I am | G |
| - | |
| A span is all that we can boast | H |
| An inch or two of time | I |
| Man is but vanity and dust | J |
| In all his flower and prime | I |
| - | |
| See the vain race of mortals move | K |
| Like shadows o'er the plain | L |
| They rage and strive desire and love | M |
| But all the noise is vain | L |
| - | |
| Some walk in honor's gaudy show | N |
| Some dig for golden ore | O |
| They toil for heirs they know not who | P |
| And straight are seen no more | O |
| - | |
| What should I wish or wait for then | Q |
| From creatures earth and dust | J |
| They make our expectations vain | L |
| And disappoint our trust | J |
| - | |
| Now I forbid my carnal hope | R |
| My fond desires recall | S |
| I give my mortal interest up | T |
| And make my God my all | S |
Isaac Watts
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