Isaiah Lxiii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IIJJBAKKLJ HHMMII NN OONN| Say heav'nly muse what king or mighty God | A |
| That moves sublime from Idumea's road | B |
| In Bosrah's dies with martial glories join'd | C |
| His purple vesture waves upon the wind | D |
| Why thus enrob'd delights he to appear | E |
| In the dread image of the Pow'r of war | F |
| Compres'd in wrath the swelling wine press groan'd | G |
| It bled and pour'd the gushing purple round | H |
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| Mine was the act th' Almighty Saviour said | I |
| And shook the dazzling glories of his head | I |
| When all forsook I trod the press alone | J |
| And conquer'd by omnipotence my own | J |
| For man's release sustain'd the pond'rous load | B |
| For man the wrath of an immortal God | A |
| To execute th' Eternal's dread command | K |
| My soul I sacrific'd with willing hand | K |
| Sinless I stood before the avenging frown | L |
| Atoning thus for vices not my own | J |
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| His eye the ample field of battle round | H |
| Survey'd but no created succours found | H |
| His own omnipotence sustain'd the right | M |
| His vengeance sunk the haughty foes in night | M |
| Beneath his feet the prostrate troops were spread | I |
| And round him lay the dying and the dead | I |
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| Great God what light'ning flashes from thine eyes | N |
| What pow'r withstands if thou indignant rise | N |
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| Against thy Zion though her foes may rage | O |
| And all their cunning all their strength engage | O |
| Yet she serenely on thy bosom lies | N |
| Smiles at their arts and all their force defies | N |
Phillis Wheatley
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