Hymns and Tunes 1876 335
A DAY of awful grandeur dawns
1A DAY of awful grandeur dawns, And lo! the Judge appears; Ye heavens, retire before his face; And make his advent known.
2The day approaches, O my soul, Like great decisive day; Which from the verge of mortal life Shall bear thee far away.
3Yet does one short, preparing hour— One precious hour—remain; Rouse, then, my soul, with all thy power, Nor let it pass in vain.
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- iambic (da-DUM) · 47% of beats fit
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Verse 1
A DAY of awful grandeur dawns, And lo! the Judge appears; Ye heavens, retire before his face; And make his advent known.˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///29A
Verse 2
The day approaches, O my soul, Like great decisive day; Which from the verge of mortal life Shall bear thee far away.˘/˘/˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/28A
Verse 3
Yet does one short, preparing hour— One precious hour—remain; Rouse, then, my soul, with all thy power, Nor let it pass in vain./˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘˘///˘/˘///˘˘/˘/˘/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.