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I love thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord

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1I love thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, For they are days of holy rest; And have a meaning in thy word, That they shall be forever blest.

2I love thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, To join and congregate thy people here, To hear thy faithful, precious word, And lift them for a higher sphere.

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32
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iambic (da-DUM) · 71% of beats fit
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Verse 1

I love thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, For they are days of holy rest; And have a meaning in thy word, That they shall be forever blest.˘///˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//˘˘˘˘˘/˘/32A

Verse 2

I love thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, To join and congregate thy people here, To hear thy faithful, precious word, And lift them for a higher sphere.˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/34A

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.