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Hymns and Tunes 1876 110

Hymn 110

1I COME hither, all ye weary souls ;
Ye heavy laden sinners, come ;
I'll give you rest from all your toils,
And raise you to my heavenly home.

2They shall find rest who learn of me ;
I'm of a meek and lowly mind ;
But passion rages like the sea,
And pride is restless as the wind.

3Blest is the man whose shoulders take
My yoke, and bear it with delight ;
My yoke is easy to his neck,
My grace shall make the burden light.

4Jesus, we come at thy command ;
With faith, and hope, and humble zeal,
Resign our spirits to thy hand,
To mould and guide us at thy will.

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The verse

Meter: 9.8.8.9
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 61% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABCD

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Verse 1

I COME hither, all ye weary souls ;˘//˘///˘/9A

Ye heavy laden sinners, come ;//˘/˘/˘/8B

I'll give you rest from all your toils,//˘/˘/˘/8C

And raise you to my heavenly home.˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/9D

Verse 2

They shall find rest who learn of me ;˘˘//˘/˘˘8A

I'm of a meek and lowly mind ;/˘˘/˘/˘/8B

But passion rages like the sea,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

And pride is restless as the wind.˘/˘/˘˘˘/8B

Verse 3

Blest is the man whose shoulders take/˘˘/˘/˘/8A

My yoke, and bear it with delight ;˘/˘/˘˘˘/8B

My yoke is easy to his neck,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8C

My grace shall make the burden light.˘/˘/˘/˘/8B

Verse 4

Jesus, we come at thy command ;/˘˘/˘/˘/8A

With faith, and hope, and humble zeal,˘/˘/˘/˘/8B

Resign our spirits to thy hand,˘//˘/˘˘//9A

To mould and guide us at thy will.˘/˘/˘˘/˘8C

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.