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Christ in Song 569

WE WOULD SEE JESUS

Words: Anna B. WarnerMusic: F. E. Belden

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1"We would see Je-sus:" for the shad-ows length-en A-cross the lit-tle landscape of our life;
We would see Je-sus: our weak faith to strength-en For the last weariness, the fi-nal strife.
We would see Je-sus: this is all we're need-ing, Strength, joy, and will-ing-ness come with the sight.

2We would see Jesus: the great rock foundation
Whereon our feet were set with sovereign grace;
Not life, nor death, with all their ag-i-ta-tion,
Can thence re-move us, gaz-ing on his face.
We would see Jesus: other lights are paling,
Which for long years we have re-joiced to see.

Music Copyright, 1900, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
22.22.21
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 43% of beats fit
Rhyme
AAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

"We would see Je-sus:" for the shad-ows length-en A-cross the lit-tle landscape of our life;˘˘//˘˘˘///˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/22A
We would see Je-sus: our weak faith to strength-en For the last weariness, the fi-nal strife.˘˘//˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘//˘˘˘/˘/22A
We would see Je-sus: this is all we're need-ing, Strength, joy, and will-ing-ness come with the sight.˘˘//˘˘˘///˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/21B

Verse 2

We would see Jesus: the great rock foundation˘˘//˘˘//˘/˘11A
Whereon our feet were set with sovereign grace;??/˘/˘/˘/˘/11B
Not life, nor death, with all their ag-i-ta-tion,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘11A
Can thence re-move us, gaz-ing on his face.˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/10B
We would see Jesus: other lights are paling,˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘11C
Which for long years we have re-joiced to see.˘˘//˘˘˘/˘/10D

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.