The Visible Creation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF DGDG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO PQPQ RSRS| The God of nature and of grace | A |
| In all His works appears | B |
| His goodness through the earth we trace | A |
| His grandeur in the spheres | B |
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| Behold this fair and fertile globe | C |
| By Him in wisdom plann'd | D |
| 'Twas He who girded like a robe | C |
| The ocean round the land | D |
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| Life to the firmament your eye | E |
| Thither His path pursue | F |
| His glory boundless as the sky | E |
| O'erwhelms the wond'ring view | F |
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| He bows the heavens the mountains stand | D |
| A highway for their God | G |
| He walks amidst the desert land | D |
| 'Tis Eden where He trod | G |
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| The forests in His strength rejoice | H |
| Hark on the evening breeze | I |
| As once of old the Lord God's voice | H |
| Is heard among the trees | I |
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| Here on the hills He feeds His herds | J |
| His flocks on yonder plains | K |
| His praise is warbled by the birds | J |
| Oh could we catch their strains | K |
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| Mount with the lark and bear our song | L |
| Up to the gates of light | M |
| Or with the nightingale prolong | L |
| Our numbers through the night | M |
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| In every stream His bounty flows | N |
| Diffusing joy and wealth | O |
| In every breeze His spirit blows | N |
| The breath of life and health | O |
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| His blessings fall in plenteous showers | P |
| Upon the lap of earth | Q |
| That teems with foliage fruit and flowers | P |
| And rings with infant mirth | Q |
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| If God hath made this world so fair | R |
| Where sin and death abound | S |
| How beautiful beyond compare | R |
| Will paradise be found | S |
James Montgomery
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