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Christ in Song 291

We Thank Thee

Words: C. WordsworthMusic: J. A. FreylinghausenTune: HaydnL. M.

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1We thank thee, Lord, for this our food, For life and health and every good; Let manna to our souls be given, The bread of life sent down from heaven.

2We thank thee for our daily bread, Let also, Lord, our souls be fed; O Bread of life, from day to day, Be thou our strength, our joy, our stay.

3We thank thee for the morning light, For rest and shelter of the night; For health and food, for love and friends, For everything thy goodness sends.

4We thank thee, Lord, for grace and good, For sunshine and for daily food; For those who love us, and who care, And make our burdens light to bear.

Tune
Haydn
Meter
L. M.
Scripture
Matthew 6:11

The verse

Meter
37 · the hymnal prints L. M.
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 45% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

We thank thee, Lord, for this our food, For life and health and every good; Let manna to our souls be given, The bread of life sent down from heaven.˘///˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘37A

Verse 2

We thank thee for our daily bread, Let also, Lord, our souls be fed; O Bread of life, from day to day, Be thou our strength, our joy, our stay.˘//˘/˘/˘///˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘//˘//˘/37A

Verse 3

We thank thee for the morning light,˘//˘˘/˘/8A
For rest and shelter of the night;˘/˘/˘˘˘/8A
For health and food, for love and friends,˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
For everything thy goodness sends.˘/˘///˘/8B

Verse 4

We thank thee, Lord, for grace and good, For sunshine and for daily food; For those who love us, and who care, And make our burdens light to bear.˘///˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/33A

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.