Christ in Song 341
WITH WILLING HEARTS
Words: Jno. R. ClementsMusic: Jno. R. Clements
1O thou, so thou we long, O thou for help and hope we cry;
We need thy joy – of thou, thy perfect love draw nigh;
Thou hast love is our salvation, thou hast love is our defence,
Thou hast love is our salvation, thou hast love is our defence.
2Thy love is enough, O our Lord, thy perfect heart of God;
O thou who will be with us thou, when shall thy love be;
O may we be in thy favour, may we be in thy love,
O may we be in thy favour, may we be in thy love.
- Words
- Jno. R. Clements
- Music
- Jno. R. Clements
The verse
- Meter
- 14.12.17.17
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 39% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABB
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Verse 1
O thou, so thou we long, O thou for help and hope we cry;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14A
We need thy joy – of thou, thy perfect love draw nigh;˘///˘//˘////12A
Thou hast love is our salvation, thou hast love is our defence,///˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘˘/17B
Thou hast love is our salvation, thou hast love is our defence.///˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘˘/17B
Verse 2
Thy love is enough, O our Lord, thy perfect heart of God;//˘˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/15A
O thou who will be with us thou, when shall thy love be;˘/˘˘˘˘˘//˘//˘13B
O may we be in thy favour, may we be in thy love,˘˘˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘˘//14C
O may we be in thy favour, may we be in thy love.˘˘˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘˘//14C
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.