Christ in Song 337
CAN WE FORGET?
Words: O. J. AbbeyMusic: Jno. R. Sweney
1Can we thy love can we forget thy gracious care;
Thou not for our lives hast thou not told us so;
Thou hast our sorrows and our grief but for short time;
Thou hast from thy home eternal life to give.
2Thy gracious must our highest debt, And hate to thee so full;
Thy tears have stained thy lovely face, And love so mild;
Thy thorns have pressed thy gentle brow, And meek thy heart;
Thy precious blood our ransom paid, Thou art so glory be.
- Words
- O. J. Abbey
- Music
- Jno. R. Sweney
The verse
- Meter
- 12.12.14.11
- Foot
- dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 39% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Can we thy love can we forget thy gracious care;˘˘//˘˘˘///˘/12A
Thou not for our lives hast thou not told us so;/˘˘/˘///˘/˘˘12B
Thou hast our sorrows and our grief but for short time;///˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘//14C
Thou hast from thy home eternal life to give.//˘//˘/˘/˘/11D
Verse 2
Thy gracious must our highest debt, And hate to thee so full;//˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
Thy tears have stained thy lovely face, And love so mild;//˘///˘/˘/˘/12B
Thy thorns have pressed thy gentle brow, And meek thy heart;//˘///˘/˘///12C
Thy precious blood our ransom paid, Thou art so glory be.//˘//˘/˘///˘/˘˘15D
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.