Moses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDBB EEFFDDGHEEIIEEDDJJKK DDLLDDMN OOGGPQRLDD DDSTUVPPEEDD EEOO WWIIDDTT OOODKKBBDDSTEE DDDDDDDDHHOOUVPQHE DDEEMMDDPPDDDD NMEEXYDDZZKKA2A2DDBM DD B2C2DDQPHE OODDEEDDD2UOOEE EEOO DDDD CCOOOO DDHGEECCOO TTE2To grace those lines wch next appear to sight | A |
The Pencil shone with more abated light | A |
Yet still ye pencil shone ye lines were fair | B |
awfull Moses stands recorded there | B |
Lett his repleat with flames praise divine | C |
Lett his the first rememberd Song be mine | C |
Then rise my thought in thy Prophet find | D |
What Joy shoud warm thee for ye work designd | D |
To that great act which raisd his heart repair | B |
find a portion of his Spirit there | B |
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A Nation helpless unarmd I view | E |
Whom strong revengefull troops of warr pursue | E |
Seas Stop their flight their camp must prove their grave | F |
Ah what can Save them God alone can save | F |
Gods wondrous voice proclaims his high command | D |
He bids their Leader wave the sacred wand | D |
where the billows flowd they flow no more | G |
A road lyes naked they march it o're | H |
Safe may the Sons of Jacob travell through | E |
But why will Hardend gypt venture too | E |
Vain in thy rage to think the waters flee | I |
rise like walls on either hand for thee | I |
The night comes on the Season for surprize | E |
Yet fear not Israel God directs thine eyes | E |
A fiery cloud I see thine Angel ride | D |
His Chariot is thy light he thy guide | D |
The day comes on half thy succours fail | J |
Yet fear not Israel God will still prevail | J |
I see thine Angel from before thee go | K |
To make the wheeles of ventrous gypt slow | K |
His rolling cloud inwraps its beams of light | D |
what supplyd thy day prolongs their night | D |
At length the dangers of the deep are run | L |
The Further brink is past the bank is won | L |
The Leader turns to view the foes behind | D |
Then waves his solemn wand within the wind | D |
O Nation freed by wonders cease thy fear | M |
stand see the Lords salvation here | N |
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Ye tempests now from ev'ry corner fly | O |
wildly rage in all my fancyd Sky | O |
Roll on ye waters as ye rolld before | G |
Ye billows of my fancyd ocean roar | G |
Dash high ride foaming mingle all ye main | P |
Tis don Pharaoh cant afflict again | Q |
The work the wondrous work of Freedomes don | R |
The winds abate the clouds restore ye Sun | L |
The wreck appears the threatning army drownd | D |
Floats ore ye waves to strow the Sandy ground | D |
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Then Place thy Moses near the calming flood | D |
Majestically mild serenely good | D |
Lett Meekness Lovely virtue gently Stream | S |
Around his visage like a lambent flame | T |
Lett gratefull Sentiments lett Sense of love | U |
Lett holy zeal within his bosome move | V |
while his People gaze ye watry plain | P |
fears last touches like to doubt remain | P |
While bright astonishment that seems to raise | E |
A questioning belief is fond to praise | E |
Be thus the rapture in the Prophets breast | D |
Be thus the thankes for freedome gaind expresst | D |
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Ile sing to God Ile Sing ye songs of praise | E |
To God triumphant in his wondrous ways | E |
To God whose glorys in the Seas excell | O |
Where the proud horse prouder rider fell | O |
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The Lord in mercy kind in Justice strong | W |
Is now my strength this Strength be now my song | W |
This sure salvation such he proves to me | I |
from danger rescu'd from bondage free | I |
The Lords my God Ile prepare his seat | D |
My Fathers God Ile proclaim him great | D |
Him Lord of Battles him renownd in name | T |
Him ever faithfull evermore the same | T |
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His gracious aids avenge his peoples thrall | O |
They make the pride of boasting Pharaoh fall | O |
Within the Seas his stately Chariots ly | O |
Within the Seas his chosen Captains dy | D |
The rolling deeps have coverd o're the foe | K |
They sunk like stones they Swiftly sunk below | K |
There O my God thine hand confessd thy care | B |
Thine hand was glorious in thy power there | B |
It broke their troops unequall for the fight | D |
In all the greatness of excelling might | D |
Thy wrath Sent forward on ye raging Stream | S |
Swift sure Sudden their destruction came | T |
They fell as stubble burns while driving skys | E |
Provoke whirl a flame ruin fly's | E |
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When blasts dispatchd with wonderfull intent | D |
On soveraign orders from thy nostrills went | D |
For our accounts the waters were affraid | D |
Perceivd thy presence together fled | D |
In heaps uprightly placd they learnd to stand | D |
like banks of Christall by ye paths of sand | D |
Then fondly flushd with hope swelld with pride | D |
filld with rage the foe prophanely cryd | D |
Secure of conquest Ile pursue their way | H |
Ile overtake them Ile divide the prey | H |
My lust I'le Satisfy mine anger cloy | O |
My sword Ile brandish their name destroy | O |
How wildly threats their anger hark above | U |
New blasts of wind on new commission move | V |
To loose the fetters that confind the main | P |
make its mighty waters rage again | Q |
Then overwhelmd with irresistless Sway | H |
They Sunk like lead they sunk beneath the Sea | E |
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O who like thee thou dreaded Lord of Host | D |
Among the Gods whom all the nations boast | D |
Such acts of wonder of Strength displays | E |
O Great O Glorious in thine holy ways | E |
Deserving praise that thy praise appear | M |
In Signs of reverence Sence of fear | M |
With Justice armd thou stretcht thy powrfull hand | D |
earth between its gaping Jaws of land | D |
Receivd its waters of the parted main | P |
swallowd up the dark gyptian train | P |
With mercy rising on the weaker Side | D |
Thy self became the rescud peoples guide | D |
in thy strength they past th' amazing road | D |
To reach thine holy mount thy blessd abode | D |
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What thou hast don the neighb'ring realms shall hear | N |
feel the strange report excite their fear | M |
What thou hast don shall Edoms Dukes amaze | E |
make dispair on Palestina Seize | E |
Shall make the warlike Sons of Moab Shake | X |
all the melting hearts of Canaan weak | Y |
In heavy damps diffusd on ev'ry breast | D |
Shall cold distrust hopeless Terrour rest | D |
The matchless greatness which thine hand has shown | Z |
Shall keep their kingdomes as unmovd as stone | Z |
While Jordan Stops above failes below | K |
all thy flock across the Channel go | K |
Thus on thy mercys silver shining wing | A2 |
Through seas streams thou wilt ye nation bring | A2 |
as the rooted trees securely stand | D |
So firmly plant it in the promisd land | D |
Where for thy self thou wilt a place prepare | B |
after ages will thine altar rear | M |
There reign victorious in thy Sacred Seat | D |
O Lord for ever for ever great | D |
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Look where the Tyrant was but lately seen | B2 |
The Seas gave backward he venturd in | C2 |
In yonder gulph with haughty pomp he showd | D |
Here marchd his horsemen there his chariots rode | D |
when our God restord the floods again | Q |
Ah vainly strong they perishd in the main | P |
But Israel went a dry surprizing way | H |
Made safe by miracles amidst ye sea | E |
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Here ceasd the Song tho' not ye Prophets Joy | O |
Which others hands others tongues employ | O |
For still the lays with warmth divine expresst | D |
Inflamd his hearers to their inmost breast | D |
Then Miriams notes the Chorus sweetly raise | E |
Miriams timbrel gives new life to praise | E |
The moving sounds like Soft delicious wind | D |
That breathd from Paradise a passage find | D |
Shed Sympathys for Odours as they rove | D2 |
fan the risings of enkindled love | U |
Ore all ye crowd the thought inspiring flew | O |
The women followd with their timbrells too | O |
thus from Moses where his strains arose | E |
They catchd a rapture to perform the close | E |
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We'le sing to God we'le sing ye songs of praise | E |
To God triumphant in his wondrous ways | E |
To God whose glorys in ye Seas excell | O |
Where ye proud horse prouder rider fell | O |
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Thus Israel rapturd wth ye pleasing thought | D |
Of Freedome wishd wonderfully gott | D |
Made chearfull thanks from evry bank rebound | D |
Expressd by songs improvd in Joy by sound | D |
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O Sacred Moses each infusing line | C |
That movd their gratitude was part of thine | C |
still the Christians in thy numbers view | O |
The type of Baptism of Heaven too | O |
So Soules from water rise to Grace below | O |
So Saints from toil to praise glory goe | O |
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O gratefull Miriam in thy temper wrought | D |
too warm for Silence or inventing thought | D |
Thy part of anthem was to warble o're | H |
In sweet response what Moses sung before | G |
Thou led the publick voice to Joyn his lays | E |
words redoubling well redoubled praise | E |
Receive thy title Prophetess was thine | C |
When here thy Practice showd ye form divine | C |
The Spirit thus approvd resignd in will | O |
The Church bows down hears responses still | O |
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Nor slightly suffer tunefull Jubals name | T |
To miss his place among ye Sons of Fame | T |
Whose Sweet infusio | E2 |
Thomas Parnell
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