Psalm 89 Last Part Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDAEEA FGHIIH CJKLMK LLNAAO| v ff | A |
| B | |
| Life death and the resurrection | C |
| - | |
| Think mighty God on feeble man | D |
| How few his hours how short his span | D |
| Short from the cradle to the grave | A |
| Who can secure his vital breath | E |
| Against the bold demands of death | E |
| With skill to fly or power to save | A |
| - | |
| Lord shall it be for ever said | F |
| The race of man was only made | G |
| For sickness sorrow and the dust | H |
| Are not thy servants day by day | I |
| Sent to their graves and turned to clay | I |
| Lord where's thy kindness to the just | H |
| - | |
| Hast thou not promised to thy Son | C |
| And all his seed a heav'nly crown | J |
| But flesh and sense indulge despair | K |
| For ever blessed be the Lord | L |
| That faith can read his holy word | M |
| And find a resurrection there | K |
| - | |
| For ever blessed be the Lord | L |
| Who gives his saints a long reward | L |
| For all their toil reproach and pain | N |
| Let all below and all above | A |
| Join to proclaim thy wondrous love | A |
| And each repeat their loud Amen | O |
Isaac Watts
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