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Christ in Song 576

THE BEAUTIFUL BEYOND

Words: E. E. R.Music: F. E. Belden

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1"Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King." - Ps. 48:2.
I know the Gold-en cit-y, With-out and with-in, Fair-est and far-great-er than,
The streets of life with comfort flow, That is of life, that ap-pear bow,

RefrainREFRAIN:
O beau-ti-ful, beau-ti-ful cit-y!
O home of beau-ty, free from sor-row and pain!
O ev-er-last-ing glad hom-age to the bless-ed!

2The flow-ers that bloom, And bless-ed im-mor-tal-i-ty, No - sin-ful and fair; The gold-en streets,
The gold-en har-ps, The ang-els sing, The spir-its and fair; Fresh with them shine,
The rose, so bright, So bright and fair, And love to shine, With fel-low-ship of love.

Words
E. E. R.
Scripture
Ps. 48:2

Copyright, 1900, by F. E. Belden. Used by permission. Hardy Lake, Illinois

The verse

Meter
32.19.16
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 47% of beats fit
Rhyme
–AB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

"Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King." - Ps. 48:2./˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘//?32–
I know the Gold-en cit-y, With-out and with-in, Fair-est and far-great-er than,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘???˘19A
The streets of life with comfort flow, That is of life, that ap-pear bow,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//16B

Verse 2

The flow-ers that bloom, And bless-ed im-mor-tal-i-ty, No - sin-ful and fair; The gold-en streets,˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘???˘/˘/˘/21A
The gold-en har-ps, The ang-els sing, The spir-its and fair; Fresh with them shine,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/17B
The rose, so bright, So bright and fair, And love to shine, With fel-low-ship of love.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/18C

Refrain

REFRAIN:˘/2A
O beau-ti-ful, beau-ti-ful cit-y!˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘9B
O home of beau-ty, free from sor-row and pain!˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/11A
O ev-er-last-ing glad hom-age to the bless-ed!˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/11C

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.