The First Psalm. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJI KLLL BLML| The man in life wherever plac'd | A |
| Hath happiness in store | B |
| Who walks not in the wicked's way | C |
| Nor learns their guilty lore | B |
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| Nor from the seat of scornful pride | D |
| Casts forth his eyes abroad | E |
| But with humility and awe | F |
| Still walks before his GOD | G |
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| That man shall flourish like the trees | H |
| Which by the streamlets grow | I |
| The fruitful top is spread on high | J |
| And firm the root below | I |
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| But he whose blossom buds in guilt | K |
| Shall to the ground be cast | L |
| And like the rootless stubble tost | L |
| Before the sweeping blast | L |
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| For why that GOD the good adore | B |
| Hath giv'n them peace and rest | L |
| But hath decreed that wicked men | M |
| Shall ne'er be truly blest | L |
Robert Burns
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