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Christ in Song 418

All My Class

Words: J. E. R.Music: J. P. Holbrook

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1All my class! how dear to me, As I see you safe-ly, In the glo-rious gath-'ring day, How shall I ac-count for you? All my class! I see you here, So-to-day, before me stand-ing, Fill-ed with glo-ry, shin-ing clear.

RefrainWhat shall I say? What shall I with weep-ing say? Are you, O bless-ed thoughts! Not a How can I, how can I give the and lead? Are you, O bless-ed thoughts! Not a.

2All my class! some may be miss-ing, In the glo-rious gath-'ring day, How shall I ac-count for you? All my class! I see you here, So-to-day, before me stand-ing, Fill-ed with glo-ry, shin-ing clear.

3All my class! each one pre-cious, So-to-day, before me stand-ing, Fill-ed with glo-ry, shin-ing clear.

Words
J. E. R.

Copyright, 1896, by J. P. Holbrook.

The verse

Meter
50
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

All my class! how dear to me, As I see you safe-ly, In the glo-rious gath-'ring day, How shall I ac-count for you? All my class! I see you here, So-to-day, before me stand-ing, Fill-ed with glo-ry, shin-ing clear./˘///˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘??//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/???˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/50A

Verse 2

All my class! some may be miss-ing, In the glo-rious gath-'ring day, How shall I ac-count for you? All my class! I see you here, So-to-day, before me stand-ing, Fill-ed with glo-ry, shin-ing clear./˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘??//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/???˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/45A

Verse 3

All my class! each one pre-cious, So-to-day, before me stand-ing, Fill-ed with glo-ry, shin-ing clear./˘////˘???˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/22A

Refrain

What shall I say? What shall I with weep-ing say? Are you, O bless-ed thoughts! Not a How can I, how can I give the and lead? Are you, O bless-ed thoughts! Not a.˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘35A

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.