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Hymns and Tunes 1876 295

Time, thou speed'st on, but slowly

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1Time, thou speed'st on, but slowly; Hours, how lovely is your pace! Eve with Him, the light and holy, Shall we stand before his face. Here is naught but care and mourning; Comes a joy, it will not stay, Fairly shines the sun at dawning, Night will soon o'ercloud the day.

2Onward then! not long I wander Ere my Saviour comes for me; And with him alighting yonder, All his glory I shall see. Oh! what joyful days are before! Oh, the beats redeemed by love! Oh, the hallelujahs ringing Through the halls of light above!

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The verse

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61
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trochaic (DUM-da) · 37% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Time, thou speed'st on, but slowly; Hours, how lovely is your pace! Eve with Him, the light and holy, Shall we stand before his face. Here is naught but care and mourning; Comes a joy, it will not stay, Fairly shines the sun at dawning, Night will soon o'ercloud the day.//?˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/???˘/61A

Verse 2

Onward then! not long I wander Ere my Saviour comes for me; And with him alighting yonder, All his glory I shall see. Oh! what joyful days are before! Oh, the beats redeemed by love! Oh, the hallelujahs ringing Through the halls of light above!/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/61A

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.