Psal. Lxxxvii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEFGFGHIHIJBKB LILIMEMN| Among the holy Mountains high | A |
| Is his foundation fast | B |
| There Seated in his Sanctuary | C |
| His Temple there is plac't | B |
| Sions fair Gates the Lord loves more | D |
| Then all the dwellings faire | E |
| Of Jacobs Land though there be store | D |
| And all within his care | E |
| City of God most glorious things | F |
| Of thee abroad are spoke | G |
| I mention Egypt where proud Kings | F |
| Did our forefathers yoke | G |
| I mention Babel to my friends | H |
| Philistia full of scorn | I |
| And Tyre with Ethiops utmost ends | H |
| Lo this man there was born | I |
| But twise that praise shall in our ear | J |
| Be said of Sion last | B |
| This and this man was born in her | K |
| High God shall fix her fast | B |
| The Lord shall write it in a Scrowle | L |
| That ne're shall be out worn | I |
| When he the Nations doth enrowle | L |
| That this man there was born | I |
| Both they who sing and they who dance | M |
| With sacred Songs are there | E |
| In thee fresh brooks and soft streams glance | M |
| And all my fountains clear | N |
John Milton
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