Considerations - On Part Of The 88th Psalm. A College Exercise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEE FGHHIIJK LMNOPPQQ| Heavy O Lord on my thy judgements lie | A |
| Accursed I am while God rejects my cry | A |
| O'erwhelm'd in darkness and despair I groan | B |
| And every place is hell for God is gone | C |
| O Lord arise and let thy beams control | D |
| Those horrid clouds that press my frighted soul | D |
| Save the poor wanderer from eternal night | E |
| Thou that art the God of light | E |
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| Downward I hasten to my destined place | F |
| There none obtain thy aid or sing thy praise | G |
| Soon shall I lie in death's deep ocean drown'd | H |
| Is mercy there or sweet forgiveness found | H |
| O save me yet whilst on the brink I stand | I |
| Rebuke the storm and waft my soul to land | I |
| O let her rest beneath thy wing secure | J |
| Thou that art the God of power | K |
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| Behold the prodigal to thee I come | L |
| To hail my father and to seek my home | M |
| Nor refuge could I find nor friend abroad | N |
| Straying in vice and destitute of God | O |
| O let thy terrors and my anguish end | P |
| Be thou my refuge and be thou my friend | P |
| Receive the son thou didst so long reprove | Q |
| Thou that art the God of love | Q |
Matthew Prior
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