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Christ in Song 567

WHEN I SHALL AWAKE

Words: Fanny J. CrosbyMusic: J. H. Brubaker

1When I shall wake in that fair realm of glory,
And with the ransomed stand before the throne,
I'll drop my cross, take up my crown and harp,
And claim the victor's prize - won;
I shall gaze up-on the face of him, Perfect in wisdom from the cross of woe, And praise his ho-ly name,
For I shall know as I am known.

RefrainLay - e - ter-nal hope,
On the beau-ti-ful shore,
I shall be - - satis-fied then,
But for more of years, I shall be - satis-fied then,
I shall be satis-fied then,
I shall be satis-fied then.

Words: Fanny J. Crosby
Music: J. H. Brubaker

Words, copyright 1900 by J. E. Rankin

The verse

Meter: 11.10.10.8.25.8
Foot: dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 38% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABCDEB

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

When I shall wake in that fair realm of glory,/˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘11A

And with the ransomed stand before the throne,˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/10B

I'll drop my cross, take up my crown and harp,//˘//˘˘/˘/10C

And claim the victor's prize - won;˘/˘/˘???8D

I shall gaze up-on the face of him, Perfect in wisdom from the cross of woe, And praise his ho-ly name,˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/25E

For I shall know as I am known.˘˘˘/˘˘˘/8B

Refrain

Lay - e - ter-nal hope,???/4A

On the beau-ti-ful shore,˘˘/˘˘/6B

I shall be - - satis-fied then,˘˘˘/˘//7C

But for more of years, I shall be - satis-fied then,˘˘/˘/˘˘????/12C

I shall be satis-fied then,˘˘˘/˘//7C

I shall be satis-fied then.˘˘˘/˘//7C

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.