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Hymns and Tunes 1876 289

Long for my Saviour I've been waiting

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1Long for my Saviour I've been waiting, Long time have watched by night and day; Feared, lost my faith and hope debating, I shall never see the way.

RefrainJesus soon is coming; This is my song; Cheers the heart when joys depart, And foes are pressing strong.

2Here in this vale of sin and sorrow, I have been wandering many years; Still looking for that happy morrow, When God would wipe away my tears.

3Sometimes I fear my faith is failing, Pain then would lead my steps astray; But when the clouds begin to lower, Hope turns the darkness into day.

4Oh! it will be but little longer, I must keep my courage still; Then let my faith and hope grow stronger, My Father's promise still is sure.

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The verse

Meter
34
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 41% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Long for my Saviour I've been waiting, Long time have watched by night and day; Feared, lost my faith and hope debating, I shall never see the way./˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/34A

Verse 2

Here in this vale of sin and sorrow, I have been wandering many years; Still looking for that happy morrow, When God would wipe away my tears./˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/35A

Verse 3

Sometimes I fear my faith is failing, Pain then would lead my steps astray; But when the clouds begin to lower, Hope turns the darkness into day.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/34A

Verse 4

Oh! it will be but little longer, I must keep my courage still; Then let my faith and hope grow stronger, My Father's promise still is sure.˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘///˘/˘///˘˘/˘/˘/˘/33A

Refrain

Jesus soon is coming; This is my song; Cheers the heart when joys depart, And foes are pressing strong./˘/˘/˘˘˘˘//˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/23A

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.