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Christ in Song 734

Redemption Nigh

Words: Dora T. PeixotoMusic: Dora T. Peixoto

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1In the east and west and north and south won-ders have ap-peared;
In the heav-ens and earth the signs are plain that the time is neared;
Lift your heads, be-hold your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh,
Be-hold, from the earth-ly shad-ows that dark-en and sub-due.

RefrainRe-demp-tion nigh, re-demp-tion nigh,
Be-hold, your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh;
Re-demp-tion nigh, re-demp-tion nigh,
Be-hold, your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh.

2There's dis-tress a-mong the na-tions, and the sea and waves shall roar;
There's per-plex-i-ty and trou-ble, and the hearts of men give way;
Lift your heads, be-hold your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh,
For not all the earth-ly shad-ows Your re-demp-tion can de-lay.

3Soon shall come the glo-ri-ous morn-ing, when the shad-ows flee a-way;
Soon shall dawn the glo-ri-ous morn-ing of e-ter-ni-ty's bright day;
Lift your heads, be-hold your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh,
For not all the earth-ly shad-ows Your re-demp-tion can de-lay.

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
14.15.12.14
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 42% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

In the east and west and north and south won-ders have ap-peared;˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/14A
In the heav-ens and earth the signs are plain that the time is neared;˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/15A
Lift your heads, be-hold your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh,/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/12B
Be-hold, from the earth-ly shad-ows that dark-en and sub-due.˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘/14C

Verse 2

There's dis-tress a-mong the na-tions, and the sea and waves shall roar;/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/15A
There's per-plex-i-ty and trou-ble, and the hearts of men give way;/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘///15B
Lift your heads, be-hold your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh,/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/12C
For not all the earth-ly shad-ows Your re-demp-tion can de-lay.˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/15B

Verse 3

Soon shall come the glo-ri-ous morn-ing, when the shad-ows flee a-way;/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘///˘/16A
Soon shall dawn the glo-ri-ous morn-ing of e-ter-ni-ty's bright day;/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//16A
Lift your heads, be-hold your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh,/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/12B
For not all the earth-ly shad-ows Your re-demp-tion can de-lay.˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/15A

Refrain

Re-demp-tion nigh, re-demp-tion nigh,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
Be-hold, your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh;˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9A
Re-demp-tion nigh, re-demp-tion nigh,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
Be-hold, your re-demp-tion draw-eth nigh.˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9A

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.