Wisdom. - Proverbs Viii.22-31. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACDCE FGCHIJIJ IAIAAKAK HLMLININ| Ere God had built the mountains | A |
| Or raised the fruitful hills | B |
| Before he fill'd the fountains | A |
| That feed the running rills | A |
| In me from everlasting | C |
| The wonderful I AM | D |
| Found pleasures never wasting | C |
| And Wisdom is my name | E |
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| When like a tent to dwell in | F |
| He spread the skies abroad | G |
| And swathed about the swelling | C |
| Of Ocean's mighty flood | H |
| He wrought by weight and measure | I |
| And I was with him then | J |
| Myself the Father's pleasure | I |
| And mine the sons of men | J |
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| Thus Wisdom's words discover | I |
| Thy glory and thy grace | A |
| Thou everlasting lover | I |
| Of our unworthy race | A |
| Thy gracious eye survey'd us | A |
| Ere stars were seen above | K |
| In wisdom thou hast made us | A |
| And died for us in love | K |
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| And couldst thou be delighted | H |
| With creatures such as we | L |
| Who when we saw thee slighted | M |
| And nail'd thee to a tree | L |
| Unfathomable wonder | I |
| And mystery divine | N |
| The voice that speaks in thunder | I |
| Says Sinner I am thine | N |
William Cowper
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