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Hymns and Tunes 1876 268

Hail, glorious day! ere long to dawn

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1Hail, glorious day! ere long to dawn, And set at rest our hopes: O glorious morn! the trump comes forth, With shouts of victory.

2And when my Saviour shall appear, If in the grave I lie, All nature shall come forth in life, And live, no more to die.

3I shall arise in that bright day— In death, my weary eyes. In that bright morn, my Lord to see, And meet him in the skies.

4And in that resurrection morn I shall his face behold; Th thou my Lord to me will give The starry crown of gold.

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The verse

Meter
31
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 33% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Hail, glorious day! ere long to dawn, And set at rest our hopes: O glorious morn! the trump comes forth, With shouts of victory.//˘˘///˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘/˘˘31A

Verse 2

And when my Saviour shall appear, If in the grave I lie, All nature shall come forth in life, And live, no more to die.˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/29A

Verse 3

I shall arise in that bright day— In death, my weary eyes. In that bright morn, my Lord to see, And meet him in the skies.˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/28A

Verse 4

And in that resurrection morn I shall his face behold; Th thou my Lord to me will give The starry crown of gold.˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘////˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘/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.