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Hymns and Tunes 1876 347

THY kingdom come. Thus day by day

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1THY kingdom come. Thus day by day, We lift our hands to God and pray; But who has ever truly weighed The meaning of the words he said?

2Thy kingdom come. O day of joy, When praise shall fill every tongue employ; When hate and strife shall be no more, And man with man shall all be peace.

3Jesus shall reign on Zion's hill, And all the earth with glory fill; When Satan's reign shall have an end, And sin and death afflict no more.

4Then all the hosts of heaven shall sing, By all who live beneath the sun; For saints shall then as angels be, All changed to immortality.

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Meter
33
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iambic (da-DUM) · 40% of beats fit
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Verse 1

THY kingdom come. Thus day by day, We lift our hands to God and pray; But who has ever truly weighed The meaning of the words he said?//˘///˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/33A

Verse 2

Thy kingdom come. O day of joy, When praise shall fill every tongue employ; When hate and strife shall be no more, And man with man shall all be peace.//˘/˘/˘///˘//˘˘/˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/34A

Verse 3

Jesus shall reign on Zion's hill, And all the earth with glory fill; When Satan's reign shall have an end, And sin and death afflict no more./˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 4

Then all the hosts of heaven shall sing, By all who live beneath the sun; For saints shall then as angels be, All changed to immortality.//˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘33A

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.