Psalm Viii: O Lord, Our Lord Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIJ KLKM NOPO QRKS TUCU ABABO Lord our Lord how wondrous great | A |
Is thine exalted name | B |
The glories of thy heav'nly state | A |
Let men and babes proclaim | B |
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When I behold thy works on high | C |
The moon that rules the night | D |
And stars that well adorn the sky | C |
Those moving worlds of light | D |
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Lord what is man or all his race | E |
Who dwells so far below | F |
That thou should visit him with grace | E |
And love his nature so | F |
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That thine eternal Son should bear | G |
To take a mortal form | H |
Made lower than His angels are | I |
To save a dying worm | J |
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Yet while He lived on earth unknown | K |
And men would not adore | L |
The obedient seas and fishes own | K |
His Godhead and his power | M |
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The waves lay spread beneath His feat | N |
And fish at his command | O |
Bring their large shoals to Peter's net | P |
Bring tribute to his hand | O |
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Those lesser glories of the son | Q |
Shone through the fleshly cloud | R |
Now we behold Him on His throne | K |
And men confess Him God | S |
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Let Him be crowned with majesty | T |
Who bowed His head to death | U |
And be His honors sounded high | C |
By all things that have breath | U |
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Jesus our Lord how wondrous great | A |
Is thine exalted name | B |
The glories of thy heavenly state | A |
Let the whole earth proclaim | B |
Isaac Watts
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