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Christ in Song 716

Daughter of Zion

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1Daugh-ter of Zi-on, from the dust Ex-alt thy fall-en head;
A-gain in thy Re-deem-er trust, He calls thee from the dead.

2A-wake, a-wake, for thy light is come, The shad-ows flee a-way;
Rise up like the morn-ing sun, Thou cit-y of our joy.

3Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds en-large, And send thy her-alds forth;
Say to the South, Give up thy charge, And keep not back, O North.

4Bring all thy sons from dis-tant lands, Thy daugh-ters from a-far;
They come like clouds, they come like doves, To their win-dows they re-pair.

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
14.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 48% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Daugh-ter of Zi-on, from the dust Ex-alt thy fall-en head;/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘/14A
A-gain in thy Re-deem-er trust, He calls thee from the dead.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/14A

Verse 2

A-wake, a-wake, for thy light is come, The shad-ows flee a-way;˘/˘/˘//˘/˘///˘/15A
Rise up like the morn-ing sun, Thou cit-y of our joy./˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘/14B

Verse 3

Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds en-large, And send thy her-alds forth;˘///////˘///˘/14A
Say to the South, Give up thy charge, And keep not back, O North./˘˘//˘//˘/˘/˘/14A

Verse 4

Bring all thy sons from dis-tant lands, Thy daugh-ters from a-far;////˘/˘///˘˘˘/14A
They come like clouds, they come like doves, To their win-dows they re-pair.˘///˘///˘˘/˘˘˘/15B

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.