Psalm 49 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGFG HIJK LMLM NONO EPEP QNRN S GTGU VMVM WXWXv | A |
C M | B |
Pride and death or The vanity of life and riches | C |
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Why doth the man of riches grow | D |
To insolence and pride | E |
To see his wealth and honors flow | D |
With every rising tide | E |
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Why doth he treat the poor with scorn | F |
Made of the self same clay | G |
And boast as though his flesh was born | F |
Of better dust than they | G |
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Not all his treasures can procure | H |
His soul a short reprieve | I |
Redeem from death one guilty hour | J |
Or make his brother live | K |
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Life is a blessing can't be sold | L |
The ransom is too high | M |
Justice will ne'er be bribed with gold | L |
That man may never die | M |
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He sees the brutish and the wise | N |
The tim'rous and the brave | O |
Quit their possessions close their eyes | N |
And hasten to the grave | O |
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Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride | E |
My house shall ever stand | P |
And that my name may long abide | E |
I'll give it to my land | P |
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Vain are his thoughts his hopes are lost | Q |
How soon his memory dies | N |
His name is written in the dust | R |
Where his own carcass lies | N |
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PAUSE | S |
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This is the folly of their way | G |
And yet their sons as vain | T |
Approve the words their fathers say | G |
And act their works again | U |
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Men void of wisdom and of grace | V |
If honor raise them high | M |
Live like the beast a thoughtless race | V |
And like the beast they die | M |
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Laid in the grave like silly sheep | W |
Death feeds upon them there | X |
Till the last trumpet break their sleep | W |
In terror and despair | X |
Isaac Watts
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