Psalm 63 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDF GHGH IJKJ LMCM NOPO QRQR STST| Longing after God or The love of God better than life | A |
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| Great God indulge my humble claim | B |
| Thou art my hope my joy my rest | C |
| The glories that compose thy name | B |
| Stand all engaged to make me blest | C |
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| Thou great and good thou just and wise | D |
| Thou art my Father and my God | E |
| And I am thine by sacred ties | D |
| Thy son thy servant bought with blood | F |
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| With heart and eyes and lifted hands | G |
| For thee I long to thee I look | H |
| As travellers in thirsty lands | G |
| Pant for the cooling water brook | H |
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| With early feet I love t' appear | I |
| Among thy saints and seek thy face | J |
| Oft have I seen thy glory there | K |
| And felt the power of sovereign grace | J |
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| Not fruits nor wines that tempt our taste | L |
| Nor all the joys our senses know | M |
| Could make me so divinely blest | C |
| Or raise my cheerful passions so | M |
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| My life itself without thy love | N |
| No taste of pleasure could afford | O |
| 'Twould but a tiresome burden prove | P |
| If I were banish'd from the Lord | O |
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| Amidst the wakeful hours of night | Q |
| When busy cares afflict my head | R |
| One thought of thee gives new delight | Q |
| And adds refreshment to my bed | R |
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| I'll lift my hands I'll raise my voice | S |
| While I have breath to pray or praise | T |
| This work shall make my heart rejoice | S |
| And spend the remnant of my days | T |
Isaac Watts
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