Psalm 90 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFE GAHA IJIJ KLKM NONO PQRQ STSU| v | A |
| C M | B |
| Infirmities and mortality the effect of sin | C |
| - | |
| Lord if thine eye surveys our faults | D |
| And justice grows severe | E |
| Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts | F |
| And burns beyond our fear | E |
| - | |
| Thine anger turns our frame to dust | G |
| By one offence to thee | A |
| Adam with all his sons have lost | H |
| Their immortality | A |
| - | |
| Life like a vain amusement flies | I |
| A fable or a song | J |
| By swift degrees our nature dies | I |
| Nor can our joys be long | J |
| - | |
| 'Tis but a few whose days amount | K |
| To threescore years and ten | L |
| And all beyond that short account | K |
| Is sorrow toil and pain | M |
| - | |
| Our vitals with laborious strife | N |
| Bear up the crazy load | O |
| And drag those poor remains of life | N |
| Along the tiresome road | O |
| - | |
| Almighty God reveal thy love | P |
| And not thy wrath alone | Q |
| O let our sweet experience prove | R |
| The mercies of thy throne | Q |
| - | |
| Our souls would learn the heav'nly art | S |
| T' improve the hours we have | T |
| That we may act the wiser part | S |
| And live beyond the grave | U |
Isaac Watts
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