Hymns and Tunes 1876 290
Lo! the long hastening on, soon the morning will dawn
1Lo! the long hastening on, soon the morning will dawn, When the King shall in glory descend; We expect soon to join all the bright, holy throng, In the kingdom that never shall end.
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2O Saviour! dear Saviour! O Saviour come! Here we roam and we sigh, and we call over and over, Come and gather the faithful ones.
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- dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 48% of beats fit
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Verse 1
Lo! the long hastening on, soon the morning will dawn, When the King shall in glory descend; We expect soon to join all the bright, holy throng, In the kingdom that never shall end./˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘//˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/43A
Verse 2
O Saviour! dear Saviour! O Saviour come! Here we roam and we sigh, and we call over and over, Come and gather the faithful ones.˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/35A
Refrain
Chorus./˘2A
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.