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Christ in Song 737

Bear Me On

Words: AnonMusic: Anon

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1Bear me on, bear me on, On thy wings of love so strong;
Till I reach the bet-ter land, Then I'll sing re-demp-tion's song.

RefrainBear me on, bear me on, On thy wings of love so strong;
Bear me on, bear me on, Till I reach the bet-ter land.

2Bear me on, bear me on, Till the jour-ney here is done;
Till I reach the shin-ing shore, Where the vic-t'ry shall be won.

3Bear me on, bear me on, Till I see my Sav-ior's face;
Till I reach the ho-ly hill, Where I'll rest in per-fect peace.

Words
Anon
Music
Anon

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
13.14
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 54% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Bear me on, bear me on, On thy wings of love so strong;/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/13A
Till I reach the bet-ter land, Then I'll sing re-demp-tion's song./˘/˘/˘////˘/˘/14A

Verse 2

Bear me on, bear me on, Till the jour-ney here is done;/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/13A
Till I reach the shin-ing shore, Where the vic-t'ry shall be won./˘/˘/˘//˘??˘˘/14A

Verse 3

Bear me on, bear me on, Till I see my Sav-ior's face;/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/13A
Till I reach the ho-ly hill, Where I'll rest in per-fect peace./˘/˘/˘////˘˘//14B

Refrain

Bear me on, bear me on, On thy wings of love so strong;/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/13A
Bear me on, bear me on, Till I reach the bet-ter land./˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/13B

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.