Psalm 42 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGFH IDID JKLK MDND DODP| v | A |
| C M | B |
| Desertion and hope or Complaint of absence from public worship | C |
| - | |
| With earnest longings of the mind | D |
| My God to thee I look | E |
| So pants the hunted hart to find | D |
| And taste the cooling brook | E |
| - | |
| When shall I see thy courts of grace | F |
| And meet my God again | G |
| So long an absence from thy face | F |
| My heart endures with pain | H |
| - | |
| Temptations vex my weary soul | I |
| And tears are my repast | D |
| The foe insults without control | I |
| And where's your God at last | D |
| - | |
| 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now | J |
| I think on ancient days | K |
| Then to thy house did numbers go | L |
| And all our work was praise | K |
| - | |
| But why my soul sunk down so far | M |
| Beneath this heavy load | D |
| Why do my thoughts indulge despair | N |
| And sin against my God | D |
| - | |
| Hope in the Lord whose mighty hand | D |
| Can all thy woes remove | O |
| For I shall yet before him stand | D |
| And sing restoring love | P |
Isaac Watts
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Psalm 42 Part 1 is a poem by Isaac Watts. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.