Psalm 63 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDF GHGH IJKJ LMCM NOPO QRQR STSTLonging 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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