Hymns and Tunes 1876 464
Hymn 464
1Jesus, set crowned, I believe into the day, And hear me sweetly last. Whom can this all asleep.
2For the I would the world resign, For thee I would live, For the I would the world resign, And with resign, and all sail to heaven with thee and thee.
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 23
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 43% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Jesus, set crowned, I believe into the day, And hear me sweetly last. Whom can this all asleep./˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/23A
Verse 2
For the I would the world resign, For thee I would live, For the I would the world resign, And with resign, and all sail to heaven with thee and thee.˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘/35A
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.