Jehovah-shammah. - Ezekiel Xlviii.35. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC CDED FGHI JKJK DLDL| As birds their infant brood protect | A |
| And spread their wings to shelter them | B |
| Thus saith the Lord to his elect | A |
| So will I guard Jerusalem | C |
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| And what then is Jerusalem | C |
| This darling object of his care | D |
| Where is its worth in God's esteem | E |
| Who built it who inhabits there | D |
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| Jehovah founded it in blood | F |
| The blood of his incarnate Son | G |
| There dwell the saints once foes to God | H |
| The sinners whom he calls his own | I |
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| There though besieged on every side | J |
| Yet much beloved and guarded well | K |
| From age to age they have defied | J |
| The utmost force of earth and hell | K |
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| Let earth repent and hell despair | D |
| This city has a sure defence | L |
| Her name is call'd The Lord is there | D |
| And who has power to drive him thence | L |
William Cowper
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