Psal. Lxxxvi. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFAGAGHBHE FIFIAFAFIJHJKALAMNMN CBOBEPEQFRFRSTSTUAUA SESE| Thy gracious ear O Lord encline | A |
| O hear me I thee pray | B |
| For I am poor and almost pine | A |
| With need and sad decay | B |
| Preserve my soul for I have trod | C |
| Thy waies and love the just | D |
| Save thou thy servant O my God | C |
| Who still in thee doth trust | D |
| Pity me Lord for daily thee | E |
| I call O make rejoyce | F |
| Thy Servants Soul for Lord to thee | E |
| I lift my soul and voice | F |
| For thou art good thou Lord art prone | A |
| To pardon thou to all | G |
| Art full of mercy thou alone | A |
| To them that on thee call | G |
| Unto my supplication Lord | H |
| Give ear and to the crie | B |
| Of my incessant praiers afford | H |
| Thy hearing graciously | E |
| I in the day of my distress | F |
| Will call on thee for aid | I |
| For thou wilt grant me free access | F |
| And answer what I pray'd | I |
| Like thee among the gods is none | A |
| O Lord nor any works | F |
| Of all that other Gods have done | A |
| Like to thy glorious works | F |
| The Nations all whom thou hast made | I |
| Shall come and all shall frame | J |
| To bow them low before thee Lord | H |
| And glorifie thy name | J |
| For great thou art and wonders great | K |
| By thy strong hand are done | A |
| Thou in thy everlasting Seat | L |
| Remainest God alone | A |
| Teach me O Lord thy way most right | M |
| I in thy truth will hide | N |
| To fear thy name my heart unite | M |
| So shall it never slide | N |
| Thee will I praise O Lord my God | C |
| Thee honour and adore | B |
| With my whole heart and blaze abroad | O |
| Thy name for ever more | B |
| For great thy mercy is toward me | E |
| And thou hast free'd my Soul | P |
| Eev'n from the lowest Hell set free | E |
| From deepest darkness foul | Q |
| O God the proud against me rise | F |
| And violent men are met | R |
| To seek my life and in their eyes | F |
| No fear of thee have set | R |
| But thou Lord art the God most mild | S |
| Readiest thy grace to shew | T |
| Slow to be angry and art stil'd | S |
| Most mercifull most true | T |
| O turn to me thy face at length | U |
| And me have mercy on | A |
| Unto thy servant give thy strength | U |
| And save thy hand maids Son | A |
| Some sign of good to me afford | S |
| And let my foes then see | E |
| And be asham'd because thou Lord | S |
| Do'st help and comfort me | E |
John Milton
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