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Christ in Song 100

Flee As A Bird

Words: M. J. CartwrightMusic: J. P. Webster

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1Flee as a bird to your mountain, Thou who art weary of sin;
Go to the clear, flowing fountain, Where you may wash and be clean;
Fly, for the destroyer is near thee, Call, and the savior will hear thee;
He on his bosom will bear thee, O thou who art weary of sin.

2He is the bountiful giver, Now unto him draw near;
Peace then shall flow like a river, Thou shalt be happy here;
Hark! 'tis the loving voice calling, Haste thee, thy strength is now failing;
Let not thy heart be appalling, O thou who art weary of sin.

3Come, then, his mercy's revealing, Fly, for thy refuge is near;
He will do more than thy healing, He will thy burden bear;
Lo! Jesus gently is calling, Tenderly, lovingly calling,
Calling, O sinner, come to me!

Scripture
Psalm 11:1

The verse

Meter
15.15.17.16
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 40% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Flee as a bird to your mountain, Thou who art weary of sin;/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/15A
Go to the clear, flowing fountain, Where you may wash and be clean;/˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/15B
Fly, for the destroyer is near thee, Call, and the savior will hear thee;/˘˘˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘˘//17C
He on his bosom will bear thee, O thou who art weary of sin.˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘//˘˘/16A

Verse 2

He is the bountiful giver, Now unto him draw near;˘˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘//14A
Peace then shall flow like a river, Thou shalt be happy here;//˘//˘/˘//˘/˘/14A
Hark! 'tis the loving voice calling, Haste thee, thy strength is now failing;//˘/˘//˘////˘//˘16B
Let not thy heart be appalling, O thou who art weary of sin./˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/16C

Verse 3

Come, then, his mercy's revealing, Fly, for thy refuge is near;//˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/15A
He will do more than thy healing, He will thy burden bear;˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘//˘/14B
Lo! Jesus gently is calling, Tenderly, lovingly calling,//˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘16C
Calling, O sinner, come to me!/˘˘/˘/˘˘8D

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.