Psal. Viii. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB BDBD ECEC FGHG IJKJ CBAB| O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great | A |
| And glorious is thy name through all the earth | B |
| So as above the Heavens thy praise to set | C |
| Out of the tender mouths of latest bearth | B |
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| Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou | B |
| Hast founded strength because of all thy foes | D |
| To stint th'enemy and slack th'avengers brow | B |
| That bends his rage thy providence to oppose | D |
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| When I behold thy Heavens thy Fingers art | E |
| The Moon and Starrs which thou so bright hast set | C |
| In the pure firmament then saith my heart | E |
| O What is man that thou remembrest yet | C |
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| And think'st upon him or of man begot | F |
| That him thou visit'st and of him art found | G |
| Scarce to be less then Gods thou mad'st his lot | H |
| With honour and with state thou hast him crown'd | G |
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| O're the works of thy hand thou mad'st him Lord | I |
| Thou hast put all under his lordly feet | J |
| All Flocks and Herds by thy commanding word | K |
| All beasts that in the field or forrest meet | J |
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| Fowl of the Heavens and Fish that through the wet | C |
| Sea paths in shoals do slide And know no dearth | B |
| O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great | A |
| And glorious is thy name through all the earth | B |
John Milton
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