Psalm 71 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC CDED FGFG HIJK LMGM NONOv | A |
C M | B |
The aged saint's reflection and hope | C |
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My God my everlasting hope | C |
I live upon thy truth | D |
Thine hands have held my childhood up | E |
And strengthened all my youth | D |
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My flesh was fashioned by thy power | F |
With all these limbs of mine | G |
And from my mother's painful hour | F |
I've been entirely thine | G |
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Still has my life new wonders seen | H |
Repeated every year | I |
Behold my days that yet remain | J |
I trust them to thy care | K |
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Cast me not off when strength declines | L |
When hoary hairs arise | M |
And round me let thy glory shine | G |
Whene'er thy servant dies | M |
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Then in the hist'ry of my age | N |
When men review my days | O |
They'll read thy love in every page | N |
In every line thy praise | O |
Isaac Watts
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