Psalm 74 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGFH IJIJ KLKM CNCN OPQR STUT VWVX Y ZA2ZA2 B2RB2R C2B2C2B2 D2RE2R F2E2F2E2 RG2RG2 RA2RA2 RDRD RRRR| The church pleading with God under sore persecutions | A |
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| Will God for ever cast us off | B |
| His wrath for ever smoke | C |
| Against the people of his love | D |
| His little chosen flock | E |
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| Think of the tribes so dearly bought | F |
| With their Redeemer's blood | G |
| Nor let thy Zion be forgot | F |
| Where once thy glory stood | H |
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| Lift up thy feet and march in haste | I |
| Aloud our ruin calls | J |
| See what a wide and fearful waste | I |
| Is made within thy walls | J |
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| Where once thy churches prayed and sang | K |
| Thy foes profanely roar | L |
| Over thy gates their ensigns hang | K |
| Sad tokens of their power | M |
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| How are the seats of worship broke | C |
| They tear the buildings down | N |
| And he that deals the heaviest stroke | C |
| Procures the chief renown | N |
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| With flames they threaten to destroy | O |
| Thy children in their nest | P |
| Come let us burn at once they cry | Q |
| The temple and the priest | R |
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| And still to heighten our distress | S |
| Thy presence is withdrawn | T |
| Thy wonted signs of power and grace | U |
| Thy power and grace are gone | T |
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| No prophet speaks to calm our woes | V |
| But all the seers mourn | W |
| There's not a soul amongst us knows | V |
| The time of thy return | X |
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| PAUSE | Y |
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| How long eternal God how long | Z |
| Shall men of pride blaspheme | A2 |
| Shall saints be made their endless song | Z |
| And bear immortal shame | A2 |
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| Canst thou for ever sit and hear | B2 |
| Thine holy name profaned | R |
| And still thy jealousy forbear | B2 |
| And still withhold thine hand | R |
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| What strange deliv'rance hast thou shown | C2 |
| In ages long before | B2 |
| And now no other God we own | C2 |
| No other God adore | B2 |
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| Thou didst divide the raging sea | D2 |
| By thy resistless might | R |
| To make thy tribes a wondrous way | E2 |
| And then secure their flight | R |
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| Is not the world of nature thine | F2 |
| The darkness and the day | E2 |
| Didst thou not bid the morning shine | F2 |
| And mark the sun his way | E2 |
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| Hath not thy power formed every coast | R |
| And set the earth its bounds | G2 |
| With summer's heat and winter's frost | R |
| In their perpetual rounds | G2 |
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| And shall the sons of earth and dust | R |
| That sacred power blaspheme | A2 |
| Will not thy hand that formed them first | R |
| Avenge thine injured name | A2 |
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| Think oh the cov'nant thou hast made | R |
| And all thy words of love | D |
| Nor let the birds of prey invade | R |
| And vex thy mourning dove | D |
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| Our foes would triumph in our blood | R |
| And make our hope their jest | R |
| Plead thy own cause Almighty God | R |
| And give thy children rest | R |
Isaac Watts
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