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Hymns and Tunes 1876 23

Thou art my portion, O my God

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1Thou art my portion, O my God! Soon as I know thy way, My heart makes haste to love thy word, And suffers no delay.

2I choose the path of heavenly truth, And glory in my choice; Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice.

3The testimonies of thy grace I set before mine eyes; Thence I derive my daily strength, And there my comfort lies.

4If once I wander from thy path, I think upon my ways; Then turn my feet to thy commands, And trust thy pardoning grace.

5Now I am thine,—forever thine,— Oh, save thy servant, Lord! Thou art my shield, my hiding-place, My hope is in thy word.

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The verse

Meter
28
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 52% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Thou art my portion, O my God! Soon as I know thy way, My heart makes haste to love thy word, And suffers no delay.//˘/˘˘˘//˘˘///˘///˘///˘/˘˘˘/28A

Verse 2

I choose the path of heavenly truth, And glory in my choice; Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice.˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/29A

Verse 3

The testimonies of thy grace I set before mine eyes; Thence I derive my daily strength, And there my comfort lies.˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘////˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 4

If once I wander from thy path, I think upon my ways; Then turn my feet to thy commands, And trust thy pardoning grace.˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/29A

Verse 5

Now I am thine,—forever thine,— Oh, save thy servant, Lord! Thou art my shield, my hiding-place, My hope is in thy word./˘˘/˘/˘/˘///˘///˘/˘???˘/˘˘//28A

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.