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Hymns and Tunes 1876 459

Hymn 459

1HASTE, my dull soul, arise—
Shake off thy care ;
Lo ! in the eastern skies
Mighty in prayer.
Christ, he has gone before,
Count all thy sufferings o'er ;
Set all thy burden by ;
Jesus is there !

2Saints, for the marriage feast,
Robe and prepare ;
Holy must be each guest—
Jesus is there !
Saints, wear your victory palms,
Chant your celestial psalms,
Bride of the Lamb, thy charms,
Oh ! let me wear.

3Heaven's bliss is perfect, pure—
Jesus is there !
Heaven's joys for evermore—
Thou art its heir.
What makes its music sweet,
What makes its joys complete,
Then we our friends shall greet—
Jesus is there.

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The verse

Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.7.6.4
Foot: dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 55% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABABCDEB

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Verse 1

HASTE, my dull soul, arise—/˘//˘/6A

Shake off thy care ;////4B

Lo ! in the eastern skies/˘˘/˘/6A

Mighty in prayer./˘˘/4B

Christ, he has gone before,/˘˘/˘/6C

Count all thy sufferings o'er ;////˘˘/7D

Set all thy burden by ;////˘˘6E

Jesus is there !/˘˘/4B

Verse 2

Saints, for the marriage feast,/˘˘/˘/6A

Robe and prepare ;/˘˘/4B

Holy must be each guest—/˘/˘//6C

Jesus is there !/˘˘/4B

Saints, wear your victory palms,//˘/˘˘/7D

Chant your celestial psalms,/˘˘/˘/6E

Bride of the Lamb, thy charms,/˘˘///6F

Oh ! let me wear.˘/˘/4B

Verse 3

Heaven's bliss is perfect, pure—/˘/˘˘//7A

Jesus is there !/˘˘/4B

Heaven's joys for evermore—/˘/˘/˘/7C

Thou art its heir.//˘/4B

What makes its music sweet,˘/˘/˘/6D

What makes its joys complete,˘/˘/˘/6D

Then we our friends shall greet—/˘/˘/˘/7D

Jesus is there./˘˘/4B

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.