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Christ in Song 397

THE CALL FOR REAPERS

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1Far and near the fields are foam-ing, White al-read-y to har-vest;
Far and near their gold is gleam-ing, O'er the sun-ny slope and hill;
Lord of har-vest, send forth reap-ers! Hear us, Lord, to thee we cry;
Send them now the sheaves to gath-er, Ere the har-vest time pass by.

RefrainSend them forth with thy bless-ing, Send them forth with thy bless-ing, Send them forth with thy bless-ing, Send them forth with thy bless-ing.

2O thou whom thy Lord is send-ing, Gath-er now the gold-en grain;
Nothing doubt-ing, noth-ing fear-ing, Though the task seem great and hard;
Thou shalt doubt-less come re-joic-ing, Bring-ing in the sheaves at last.

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The verse

Meter
15.15.15.15
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 79% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Far and near the fields are foam-ing, White al-read-y to har-vest;/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘15A
Far and near their gold is gleam-ing, O'er the sun-ny slope and hill;/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15B
Lord of har-vest, send forth reap-ers! Hear us, Lord, to thee we cry;/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/15C
Send them now the sheaves to gath-er, Ere the har-vest time pass by./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘15C

Verse 2

O thou whom thy Lord is send-ing, Gath-er now the gold-en grain;˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
Nothing doubt-ing, noth-ing fear-ing, Though the task seem great and hard;/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/15B
Thou shalt doubt-less come re-joic-ing, Bring-ing in the sheaves at last.///˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/15C

Refrain

Send them forth with thy bless-ing, Send them forth with thy bless-ing, Send them forth with thy bless-ing, Send them forth with thy bless-ing./˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘28A

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.