Hymns and Tunes 1876 13
How sweet to leave the world awhile
1How sweet to leave the world awhile, And seek the presence of our Lord; Dear Saviour, on thy people smile, And come according to thy word.
2From busy scenes we now retreat, That we may here converse with thee; Oh! make this season sweet and meet, Let thy presence fill this place.
3Our voices to the winds we'll raise, That we by faith may see thy face; Oh! speak, that we thy voice may hear, And let thy presence fill this place.
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- iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
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Verse 1
How sweet to leave the world awhile, And seek the presence of our Lord; Dear Saviour, on thy people smile, And come according to thy word.//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘//34A
Verse 2
From busy scenes we now retreat, That we may here converse with thee; Oh! make this season sweet and meet, Let thy presence fill this place.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘////˘/˘/31A
Verse 3
Our voices to the winds we'll raise, That we by faith may see thy face; Oh! speak, that we thy voice may hear, And let thy presence fill this place./˘/˘˘˘///˘˘˘/˘///˘/˘˘//˘/˘///˘/˘/33A
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.