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Hymns and Tunes 1876 241

Why should we tremble to convey

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1Why should we tremble to convey The Christian to the tomb? There once the flesh of Jesus lay, And left a long perfume.

2The graves of all the saints he blest, And softened every bed; Where should the dying members rest, But with their dying Head?

3Thence he arose, ascending high, And showed our feet the way; Up to the Lord we all shall fly At the great rising day.

4Then let the last, loud trumpet sound, And bid our kindred rise; Awake, ye nations under ground; Ye saints, ascend the skies.

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The verse

Meter
28
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Why should we tremble to convey The Christian to the tomb? There once the flesh of Jesus lay, And left a long perfume./˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 2

The graves of all the saints he blest, And softened every bed; Where should the dying members rest, But with their dying Head?˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/29A

Verse 3

Thence he arose, ascending high, And showed our feet the way; Up to the Lord we all shall fly At the great rising day./˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/29A

Verse 4

Then let the last, loud trumpet sound, And bid our kindred rise; Awake, ye nations under ground; Ye saints, ascend the skies.//˘///˘/˘//˘/˘/˘///˘/˘///˘/˘/29A

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.