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Christ in Song 31

Knocking, Knocking

Words: Rev. H. B. Stowe, M.D.Music: F. E. Belden

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1Knocking, knocking, who is there? Wait - ing, wait - ing, O how fair! 'T is a Pil - grim, strange and king - ly, Nev - er such was seen be - fore; Ah, sweet soul, now I en - treat thee, Knocking, knocking, who will hear? Wait - ing, wait - ing, oh so long! For thy wood-ed land and hill con-nect thy.

2Knocking, knocking—what still harp? Wait - ing, wait - ing, proud and fair; For thy door shall not no - o the door? Will thou not do the door? Will thou not un - do the door? For so men hear the heart beat free. And the heart-beat faint and true.

Music copyright, 1895, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
62
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 42% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

Knocking, knocking, who is there? Wait - ing, wait - ing, O how fair! 'T is a Pil - grim, strange and king - ly, Nev - er such was seen be - fore; Ah, sweet soul, now I en - treat thee, Knocking, knocking, who will hear? Wait - ing, wait - ing, oh so long! For thy wood-ed land and hill con-nect thy./˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/////˘??//˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//62A

Verse 2

Knocking, knocking—what still harp? Wait - ing, wait - ing, proud and fair; For thy door shall not no - o the door? Will thou not do the door? Will thou not un - do the door? For so men hear the heart beat free. And the heart-beat faint and true./˘/˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘?˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘///˘˘///˘/50A

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.