The First Six Verses Of The Ninetieth Psalm. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQRQ SNTN| O 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 | N |
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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 | N |
| But long ere night cut down it lies | T |
| All wither'd and decay'd | N |
Robert Burns
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