Psalm 139 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABAB CDEEDCD FAGGAFA HIJEIHK LMKKMLM AKNNKAK| O Lord in me there lieth nought | A |
| But to thy search revealed lies | B |
| For when I sit | A |
| Thou markest it | A |
| Nor less thou notest when I rise | B |
| Yea closest closet of my thought | A |
| Hath open windows to thine eyes | B |
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| Thou walkest with me when I walk | C |
| When to my bed for rest I go | D |
| I find thee there | E |
| And everywhere | E |
| Not youngest thought in me doth grow | D |
| No not one word I cast to talk | C |
| But yet unuttered thou dost know | D |
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| If forth I march thou goest before | F |
| If back I turn thou com'st behind | A |
| So forth nor back | G |
| Thy guard I lack | G |
| Nay on me too thy hand I find | A |
| Well I thy wisdom may adore | F |
| But never reach with earthly mind | A |
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| To shun thy notice leave thine eye | H |
| O whither might I take my way | I |
| To starry sphere | J |
| Thy throne is there | E |
| To dead men's undelightsome stay | I |
| There is thy walk and there to lie | H |
| Unknown in vain should I assay | K |
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| O sun whom light nor flight can match | L |
| Suppose thy lightful flightful wings | M |
| Thou lend to me | K |
| And I could flee | K |
| As far as thee the evening brings | M |
| Even led to west he would me catch | L |
| Nor should I lurk with western things | M |
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| Do thou thy best O secret night | A |
| In sable veil to cover me | K |
| Thy sable veil | N |
| Shall vainly fail | N |
| With day unmasked my night shall be | K |
| For night is day and darkness light | A |
| O Father of all lights to thee | K |
Sir Philip Sidney
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