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Hymns and Tunes 1876 242

Ah! lovely appearance of death

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1Ah! lovely appearance of death— How beautiful and fair, Yes, even now, though void of breath, God's impress still is there.

2And soon as the Archangel's cry Beneath death's icy hand— Oh! will it not be beauteous there, Mid the immortal band?

3When Jesus bids it rise again With all the saints in light, A glorious body then he'll give, Resplendent to the sight!

4Though nature weeps when lovely lies So strongly bond are riven, Yet faith the Saviour's words applies, Of such the realms of Heaven!

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The verse

Meter
28
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 55% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

Ah! lovely appearance of death— How beautiful and fair, Yes, even now, though void of breath, God's impress still is there.//˘˘/˘˘///˘˘˘///˘///˘/////˘/28A

Verse 2

And soon as the Archangel's cry Beneath death's icy hand— Oh! will it not be beauteous there, Mid the immortal band?˘/˘˘//˘/˘///˘/˘˘˘˘˘??//˘//˘/28A

Verse 3

When Jesus bids it rise again With all the saints in light, A glorious body then he'll give, Resplendent to the sight!//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘˘˘/29A

Verse 4

Though nature weeps when lovely lies So strongly bond are riven, Yet faith the Saviour's words applies, Of such the realms of Heaven!//˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘31A

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.