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Christ in Song 54

Dare To Do Right

Words: G. Lansing TaylorMusic: F. E. Belden

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1Dare to do right, dare to be true! You have a work that no oth-er can do; Dare to do right, dare to be true! God who ere-a-ted you, cares for you, too. Dare to do right, dare to be true! You'll find earth's treasures, al-ways com-pare.

RefrainAn-gels will has-ten to help you a-long; Dare to do right; Dare to be true; Dare to be true, Dare to be true.

2Stand by your con-vict-ions,the right and the wrong; Men of con-vic-tion the no-ble and strong; Trea-sured the tears that his striv-ing cost shed, Counts and pro-tects ev-'ry hair of your head; Look at your work as it worth-less it seems, And then be thank-ful for no-ble themes.

Copyrighted, 1900, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
53
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 33% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Dare to do right, dare to be true! You have a work that no oth-er can do; Dare to do right, dare to be true! God who ere-a-ted you, cares for you, too. Dare to do right, dare to be true! You'll find earth's treasures, al-ways com-pare./˘˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//˘˘//˘???˘/˘˘//˘˘//˘˘/////˘//˘/53A

Verse 2

Stand by your con-vict-ions,the right and the wrong; Men of con-vic-tion the no-ble and strong; Trea-sured the tears that his striv-ing cost shed, Counts and pro-tects ev-'ry hair of your head; Look at your work as it worth-less it seems, And then be thank-ful for no-ble themes./˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘//˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/60A

Refrain

An-gels will has-ten to help you a-long; Dare to do right; Dare to be true; Dare to be true, Dare to be true./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘//˘˘//˘˘//˘˘/26A

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.