Psal. Lxxxi. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBDBEFEFGHGHIJKJ LMLMLLLLNFNFLMLMOMPM QKKKCRARLKLKSSSSSSSS EKEKTKTK| To God our strength sing loud and clear | A |
| Sing loud to God our King | B |
| To Jacobs God that all may hear | C |
| Loud acclamations ring | B |
| Prepare a Hymn prepare a Song | D |
| The Timbrel hither bring | B |
| The cheerfull Psaltry bring along | D |
| And Harp with pleasant string | B |
| Blow as is wont in the new Moon | E |
| With Trumpets lofty sound | F |
| Th'appointed time the day wheron | E |
| Our solemn Feast comes round | F |
| This was a Statute giv'n of old | G |
| For Israel to observe | H |
| A Law of Jacobs God to hold | G |
| From whence they might not swerve | H |
| This he a Testimony ordain'd | I |
| In Joseph not to change | J |
| When as he pass'd through Aegypt land | K |
| The Tongue I heard was strange | J |
| From burden and from slavish toyle | L |
| I set his shoulder free | M |
| His hands from pots and mirie soyle | L |
| Deliver'd were by me | M |
| When trouble did thee sore assaile | L |
| On me then didst thou call | L |
| And I to free thee did not faile | L |
| And led thee out of thrall | L |
| I answer'd thee in thunder deep | N |
| With clouds encompass'd round | F |
| I tri'd thee at the water steep | N |
| Of Meriba renown'd | F |
| Hear O my people heark'n well | L |
| I testifie to thee | M |
| Thou antient flock of Israel | L |
| If thou wilt list to mee | M |
| Through out the land of thy abode | O |
| No alien God shall be | M |
| Nor shalt thou to a forein God | P |
| In honour bend thy knee | M |
| I am the Lord thy God which brought | Q |
| Thee out of Aegypt land | K |
| Ask large enough and I besought | K |
| Will grant thy full demand | K |
| And yet my people would not hear | C |
| Nor hearken to my voice | R |
| And Israel whom I lov'd so dear | A |
| Mislik'd me for his choice | R |
| Then did I leave them to their will | L |
| And to their wandring mind | K |
| Their own conceits they follow'd still | L |
| Their own devises blind | K |
| O that my people would be wise | S |
| To serve me all their daies | S |
| And O that Israel would advise | S |
| To walk my righteous waies | S |
| Then would I soon bring down their foes | S |
| That now so proudly rise | S |
| And turn my hand against all those | S |
| That are their enemies | S |
| Who hate the Lord should then be fain | E |
| To bow to him and bend | K |
| But they His should remain | E |
| Their time should have no end | K |
| And he would free them from the shock | T |
| With flower of finest wheat | K |
| And satisfie them from the rock | T |
| With Honey for their Meat | K |
John Milton
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