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Hymns and Tunes 1886 129

Glory to God on high!

Words: James AllenS.M.

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1Glory to God on high!
Ye harpers of the sky,
Praise ye his name.
Ye saints, his love adore,
Who all your sorrows bore;
Sing joyful, evermore,
Worthy the Lamb!

2While they around the throne
Cheerfully join in one,
Praising his name,
Ye who have felt his blood
Sealing your peace with God,
Sound his dear name abroad,
Worthy the Lamb!

3Join, all ye ransomed race,
Our Lord and God to bless;
Praise ye his name.
In him we will rejoice,
And make a joyful noise,
Shouting with heart and voice,
Worthy the Lamb!

4Soon shall we see his face,
And in that heavenly place
We'll praise his name.
To him our songs we'll bring,
Hail him our gracious King,
And through the ages sing,
Worthy the Lamb!

Meter
S.M.
Scripture
Luke 2:14; Revelation 5:12

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The verse

Meter
6.6.4.6.6.6.4 · the hymnal prints S.M.
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 52% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABCCCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Glory to God on high!/˘˘/˘/6A
Ye harpers of the sky,//˘˘˘/6A
Praise ye his name.//˘/4B
Ye saints, his love adore,//˘/˘/6C
Who all your sorrows bore;˘/˘/˘/6C
Sing joyful, evermore,//˘/˘/6C
Worthy the Lamb!/˘˘/4D

Verse 2

While they around the throne/˘˘/˘/6A
Cheerfully join in one,/˘˘/˘/6B
Praising his name,/˘˘/4C
Ye who have felt his blood/˘˘/˘/6D
Sealing your peace with God,/˘˘/˘/6E
Sound his dear name abroad,/˘//˘/6F
Worthy the Lamb!/˘˘/4G

Verse 3

Join, all ye ransomed race,////˘/6A
Our Lord and God to bless;/˘/˘/˘/7B
Praise ye his name.//˘/4C
In him we will rejoice,˘˘˘˘˘/6D
And make a joyful noise,˘/˘/˘/6E
Shouting with heart and voice,/˘˘/˘/6D
Worthy the Lamb!/˘˘/4F

Verse 4

Soon shall we see his face,/˘˘/˘/6A
And in that heavenly place˘˘˘/˘˘/7A
We'll praise his name.//˘/4B
To him our songs we'll bring,˘˘/˘///7C
Hail him our gracious King,/˘/˘/˘/7C
And through the ages sing,˘/˘/˘/6C
Worthy the Lamb!/˘˘/4D

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.