Psalm Cxxxvii The Babylonian Captivity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI GJGK LELE| ALONG the banks where Babel's current flows | A |
| Our captive bands in deep despondence stray'd | B |
| While Zion's fall in sad remembrance rose | A |
| Her friends her children mingled with the dead | C |
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| The tuneless harp that once with joy we strung | D |
| When praise employ'd and mirth inspir'd the lay | E |
| In mournful silence on the willows hung | D |
| And growing grief prolong'd the tedious day | E |
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| The barbarous tyrants to increase the woe | F |
| With taunting smiles a song of Zion claim | G |
| Bid sacred praise in strains melodious flow | F |
| While they blaspheme the great Jehovah's name | G |
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| But how in heathen chains and lands unknown | H |
| Shall Israel's sons a song of Zion raise | I |
| O hapless Salem God's terrestrial throne | H |
| Thou land of glory sacred mount of praise | I |
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| If e'er my memory lose thy lovely name | G |
| If my cold heart neglect my kindred race | J |
| Let dire destruction seize this guilty frame | G |
| My hand shall perish and my voice shall cease | K |
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| Yet shall the Lord who hears when Zion calls | L |
| O'ertake her foes with terror and dismay | E |
| His arm avenge her desolated walls | L |
| And raise her children to eternal day | E |
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