Psalm 04 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDBEE FGGFHH IJJIKE LMNLAA OPQORR STUSVV KWWKBB| Aug | A |
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| Answer me when I call | B |
| God of my righteousness | C |
| In straights and in distress | D |
| Thou didst me disinthrall | B |
| And set at large now spare | E |
| Now pity me and hear my earnest prai'r | E |
| - | |
| Great ones how long will ye | F |
| My glory have in scorn | G |
| How long be thus forlorn | G |
| Still to love vanity | F |
| To love to seek to prize | H |
| Things false and vain and nothing else but lies | H |
| - | |
| Yet know the Lord hath chose | I |
| Chose to himself a part | J |
| The good and meek of heart | J |
| For whom to chuse he knows | I |
| Jehovah from on high | K |
| Will hear my voyce what time to him I crie | E |
| - | |
| Be aw'd and do not sin | L |
| Speak to your hearts alone | M |
| Upon your beds each one | N |
| And be at peace within | L |
| Offer the offerings just | A |
| Of righteousness and in Jehovah trust | A |
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| Many there be that say | O |
| Who yet will shew us good | P |
| Talking like this worlds brood | Q |
| But Lord thus let me pray | O |
| On us lift up the light | R |
| Lift up the favour of thy count'nance bright | R |
| - | |
| Into my heart more joy | S |
| And gladness thou hast put | T |
| Then when a year of glut | U |
| Their stores doth over cloy | S |
| And from their plenteous grounds | V |
| With vast increase their corn and wine abounds | V |
| - | |
| In peace at once will I | K |
| Both lay me down and sleep | W |
| For thou alone dost keep | W |
| Me safe where ere I lie | K |
| As in a rocky Cell | B |
| Thou Lord alone in safety mak'st me dwell | B |
John Milton
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