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Hymns and Tunes 1876 143

Give to the winds thy fears

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1Give to the winds thy fears, Hope and be undismayed; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, He shall lift up thy head.

2Through waves, and clouds, and storms, He gently clears thy way; Wait thou his time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.

3Thou on the Lord rely, So safe shalt thou go on; Fix on his work thy steadfast eye, So shall thy work be done.

4No profit canst thou gain, By self-consuming care; To him commend thy cause, his ear Attends the softest prayer.

5Still heavy is thy heart? Still sink thy spirits down? Cast off the weight, let fear depart, And every care be gone.

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The verse

Meter
26
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 53% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Give to the winds thy fears, Hope and be undismayed; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, He shall lift up thy head./˘˘////˘˘???////˘///˘˘/˘//26A

Verse 2

Through waves, and clouds, and storms, He gently clears thy way; Wait thou his time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.//˘/˘/˘/˘/////˘/˘˘˘///˘/˘/26A

Verse 3

Thou on the Lord rely, So safe shalt thou go on; Fix on his work thy steadfast eye, So shall thy work be done./˘˘/˘/˘////˘/˘˘/////˘˘//˘/26A

Verse 4

No profit canst thou gain, By self-consuming care; To him commend thy cause, his ear Attends the softest prayer.˘/˘///˘????/˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/26A

Verse 5

Still heavy is thy heart? Still sink thy spirits down? Cast off the weight, let fear depart, And every care be gone.//˘˘//////˘///˘///˘/˘/˘˘/˘/27A

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.