Psal. Lxxx. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDECFCGHGHIJII EKELIHIHGHGHMGMGENEN ODODPQPQHEHERESETGTG UVHVITITUWIWXYXYGHGH| Thou Shepherd that dost Israel keep | A |
| Give ear in time of need | B |
| Who leadest like a flock of sheep | A |
| Thy loved Josephs seed | B |
| That sitt'st between the Cherubs bright | C |
| Between their wings out spread | D |
| Shine forth and from thy cloud give light | C |
| And on our foes thy dread | D |
| In Ephraims view and Benjamins | E |
| And in Manasse's sight | C |
| Awake thy strength come and be seen | F |
| To save us by thy might | C |
| Turn us again thy grace divine | G |
| To us O God vouchsafe | H |
| Cause thou thy face on us to shine | G |
| And then we shall be safe | H |
| Lord God of Hosts how long wilt thou | I |
| How long wilt thou declare | J |
| Thy smoaking wrath and angry brow | I |
| Against thy peoples praire | I |
| Thou feed'st them with the bread of tears | E |
| Their bread with tears they eat | K |
| And mak'st them largely drink the tears | E |
| Wherewith their cheeks are wet | L |
| A strife thou mak'st us and a prey | I |
| To every neighbour foe | H |
| Among themselves they laugh they play | I |
| And flouts at us they throw | H |
| Return us and thy grace divine | G |
| O God of Hosts vouchsafe | H |
| Cause thou thy face on us to shine | G |
| And then we shall be safe | H |
| A Vine from Aegypt thou hast brought | M |
| Thy free love made it thine | G |
| And drov'st out Nations proud and haut | M |
| To plant this lovely Vine | G |
| Thou did'st prepare for it a place | E |
| And root it deep and fast | N |
| That it began to grow apace | E |
| And fill'd the land at last | N |
| With her green shade that cover'd all | O |
| The Hills were over spread | D |
| Her Bows as high as Cedars tall | O |
| Advanc'd their lofty head | D |
| Her branches on the western side | P |
| Down to the Sea she sent | Q |
| And upward to that river wide | P |
| Her other branches went | Q |
| Why hast thou laid her Hedges low | H |
| And brok'n down her Fence | E |
| That all may pluck her as they go | H |
| With rudest violence | E |
| The tusked Boar out of the wood | R |
| Up turns it by the roots | E |
| Wild Beasts there brouze and make their food | S |
| Her Grapes and tender Shoots | E |
| Return now God of Hosts look down | T |
| From Heav'n thy Seat divine | G |
| Behold us but without a frown | T |
| And visit this thy Vine | G |
| Visit this Vine which thy right hand | U |
| Hath set and planted long | V |
| And the young branch that for thy self | H |
| Thou hast made firm and strong | V |
| But now it is consum'd with fire | I |
| And cut with Axes down | T |
| They perish at thy dreadfull ire | I |
| At thy rebuke and frown | T |
| Upon the man of thy right hand | U |
| Let thy good hand be laid | W |
| Upon the Son of Man whom thou | I |
| Strong for thyself hast made | W |
| So shall we not go back from thee | X |
| To wayes of sin and shame | Y |
| Quick'n us thou then gladly wee | X |
| Shall call upon thy Name | Y |
| Return us and thy grace divine | G |
| Lord God of Hosts voutsafe | H |
| Cause thou thy face on us to shine | G |
| And then we shall be safe | H |
John Milton
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