Robert Robinson, the author of "Come Thou Fount" incorporated many beautiful allusions in his hymn. One of them in the beginning of the song,
"...Streams of mercy, never ceasing..."
alludes to Jesus as he was beaten and nailed to the cross, his blood 'streamed' down. Robinson uses this allusion to say that Jesus's mercy and love never ceases.
Another allusion in this song is,
"...Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above..."
These lyrics refer to angels as flaming tongues above. Robinson is asking to be taught a sonnet or a song of God by the angels.
A beautiful song!! Love it.
Great job Makayla. I didnt even catch the alusion blood streamed down. However I did catch the angels and singing. Again Good job.
ReplyDeleteI had never thought about it like that but now that I do it makes sense.
ReplyDeleteGreat job