First Six Verses Of The Ninetieth Psalm Versified, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNO PQRQ STUTO Thou the first the greatest friend | A |
Of all the human race | B |
Whose strong right hand has ever been | C |
Their stay and dwelling place | B |
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Before the mountains heav'd their heads | D |
Beneath Thy forming hand | E |
Before this ponderous globe itself | F |
Arose at Thy command | E |
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That Pow'r which rais'd and still upholds | G |
This universal frame | H |
From countless unbeginning time | I |
Was ever still the same | H |
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Those mighty periods of years | J |
Which seem to us so vast | K |
Appear no more before Thy sight | L |
Than yesterday that's past | K |
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Thou giv'st the word Thy creature man | M |
Is to existence brought | N |
Again Thou say'st 'Ye sons of men | O |
Return ye into nought ' | - |
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Thou layest them with all their cares | P |
In everlasting sleep | Q |
As with a flood Thou tak'st them off | R |
With overwhelming sweep | Q |
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They flourish like the morning flow'r | S |
In beauty's pride array'd | T |
But long ere night cut down it lies | U |
All wither'd and decay'd | T |
Robert Burns
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