Zion, Or The City Of God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFHIJIJ KLKLKMKM ADNBOPOP QRQSITIT| Glorious things of thee are spoken | A |
| Zion city of our God | B |
| He whose word cannot be broken | A |
| Formed thee for His own abode | C |
| On the Rock of Ages founded | D |
| What can shake thy sure repose | E |
| With salvation's walls surrounded | D |
| Thou may'st smile at all thy foes | E |
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| See the streams of living waters | F |
| Springing from eternal love | G |
| Well supply thy sons and daughters | F |
| And all fear of want remove | H |
| Who can faint while such a river | I |
| Ever flows their thirst t'assuage | J |
| Grace which like the Lord the Giver | I |
| Never fails from age to age | J |
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| Round each habitation hovering | K |
| See the cloud and fire appear | L |
| For a glory and a covering | K |
| Showing that the Lord is near | L |
| Thus they march the pillar leading | K |
| Light by night and shade by day | M |
| Daily on the manna feeding | K |
| Which He gives them when they pray | M |
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| Blest inhabitants of Zion | A |
| Washed in the Redeemer's blood | D |
| Jesus whom their souls rely on | N |
| Makes them kings and priests to God | B |
| 'Tis His love His people raises | O |
| Over self to reign as kings | P |
| And as priests His solemn praises | O |
| Each for a thank offering brings | P |
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| Savior if of Zion's city | Q |
| I through grace a member am | R |
| Let the world deride or pity | Q |
| I will glory in Thy name | S |
| Fading is the worldling's pleasure | I |
| All his boasted pomp and show | T |
| Solid joys and lasting treasure | I |
| None but Zion's children know | T |
John Newton
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