Psalm 49 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGFG HIJI KLKL GMGN OPOQThe rich sinner's death and the saint's resurrection | A |
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Why do the proud insult the poor | B |
And boast the large estates they have | C |
How vain are riches to secure | D |
Their haughty owners from the grave | E |
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They can't redeem one hour from death | F |
With all the wealth in which they trust | G |
Nor give a dying brother breath | F |
When God commands him down to dust | G |
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There the dark earth and dismal shade | H |
Shall clasp their naked bodies round | I |
That flesh so delicately fed | J |
Lies cold and moulders in the ground | I |
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Like thoughtless sheep the sinner dies | K |
Laid in the grave for worms to eat | L |
The saints shall in the morning rise | K |
And find th' oppressor at their feet | L |
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His honors perish in the dust | G |
And pomp and beauty birth and blood | M |
That glorious day exalts the just | G |
To full dominion o'er the proud | N |
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My Savior shall my life restore | O |
And raise me from my dark abode | P |
My flesh and soul shall part no more | O |
But dwell for ever near my God | Q |
Isaac Watts
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