Psal. Iv. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADD EFFEGG HIIHJD KLMKNN OPQORR STUSVV JWWJAA| Answer me when I call | A |
| God of my righteousness | B |
| In straights and in distress | C |
| Thou didst me disinthrall | A |
| And set at large now spare | D |
| Now pity me and hear my earnest prai'r | D |
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| Great ones how long will ye | E |
| My glory have in scorn | F |
| How long be thus forlorn | F |
| Still to love vanity | E |
| To love to seek to prize | G |
| Things false and vain and nothing else but lies | G |
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| Yet know the Lord hath chose | H |
| Chose to himself a part | I |
| The good and meek of heart | I |
| For whom to chuse he knows | H |
| Jehovah from on high | J |
| Will hear my voyce what time to him I crie | D |
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| Be aw'd and do not sin | K |
| Speak to your hearts alone | L |
| Upon your beds each one | M |
| And be at peace within | K |
| Offer the offerings just | N |
| Of righteousness and in Jehovah trust | N |
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| Many there be that say | O |
| Who yet will shew us good | P |
| Talking like this worlds brood | Q |
| But Lord thus let me pray | O |
| On us lift up the light | R |
| Lift up the favour of thy count'nance bright | R |
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| Into my heart more joy | S |
| And gladness thou hast put | T |
| Then when a year of glut | U |
| Their stores doth over cloy | S |
| And from their plenteous grounds | V |
| With vast increase their corn and wine abounds | V |
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| In peace at once will I | J |
| Both lay me down and sleep | W |
| For thou alone dost keep | W |
| Me safe where ere I lie | J |
| As in a rocky Cell | A |
| Thou Lord alone in safety mak'st me dwell | A |
John Milton
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