Christ in Song 228
JESUS IS MINE
Words: E. E. HEWITT
1Fair, rich each earthly joy, Jesus is mine! Break ev'ry tender tie, Jesus is mine!
RefrainPer - ish - ing things of clay, All at his feet I lay, Born to an endless day, Jesus is mine!
2Tempt not my soul away, Jesus is mine! Here would I ever stay, Jesus is mine!
3Farewell, ye dreams of night, Jesus is mine! Lost in this dawning bright, Jesus is mine!
4Farewell, mortality, Jesus is mine! Welcome, eternity, Jesus is mine!
- Words
- E. E. HEWITT
The verse
- Meter
- 20
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 45% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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Verse 1
Fair, rich each earthly joy, Jesus is mine! Break ev'ry tender tie, Jesus is mine!////˘//˘˘///˘/˘//˘˘/20A
Verse 2
Tempt not my soul away, Jesus is mine! Here would I ever stay, Jesus is mine!/˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘/20A
Verse 3
Farewell, ye dreams of night, Jesus is mine! Lost in this dawning bright, Jesus is mine!////˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘/20A
Verse 4
Farewell, mortality, Jesus is mine! Welcome, eternity, Jesus is mine!//˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/20A
Refrain
Per - ish - ing things of clay, All at his feet I lay, Born to an endless day, Jesus is mine!/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘/22A
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.