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Christ in Song 49

Take Me As I Am

Words: Eliza H. HamiltonMusic: F. E. Belden

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1He took my Lord, to thee I cry,— In darkness, help me, I must die; O blessed One who for the lost and found me, Saviour, at thy feet. Thy grace my soul, my heart has bound; Thy work be-gun, thy Thou canst reach with all that will make me clean.

RefrainTake me as I am, Lord, Take me as I am. Just as I am.

2Thou only, and thou only, canst heal my sin-sick, my soul save; Yet come complete, and take me as I am; Take me as I am; Just as I am; And take me as I am; Lord, take me as I am.

Copyright, 1900, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
55
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

He took my Lord, to thee I cry,— In darkness, help me, I must die; O blessed One who for the lost and found me, Saviour, at thy feet. Thy grace my soul, my heart has bound; Thy work be-gun, thy Thou canst reach with all that will make me clean.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘////˘/˘/˘///˘/////˘/˘˘/˘/55A

Verse 2

Thou only, and thou only, canst heal my sin-sick, my soul save; Yet come complete, and take me as I am; Take me as I am; Just as I am; And take me as I am; Lord, take me as I am.//˘˘//˘//˘??˘////˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘46A

Refrain

Take me as I am, Lord, Take me as I am. Just as I am./˘˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘15A

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.