Hymns and Tunes 1886 165
Love divine, all love excelling
Words: Charles Wesley577, 41, 62
1Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down:
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown.
2Jesus, thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
3Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all thy grace inherit,
Let us find thy promised rest.
- Words
- Charles Wesley
- Also sung to
- Beecher (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #401)
- Meter
- 577, 41, 62
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 8.8.8.7 · the hymnal prints 577, 41, 62
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 66% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Love divine, all love excelling,/˘///˘/˘8A
Joy of heaven, to earth come down:/˘/˘˘///8B
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,/˘˘//˘/˘8A
All thy faithful mercies crown.///˘///7B
Verse 2
Jesus, thou art all compassion,/˘///˘/˘8A
Pure, unbounded love thou art;/˘/˘///7B
Visit us with thy salvation,/˘˘˘/˘/˘8C
Enter every trembling heart./˘/˘˘/˘˘/9B
Verse 3
Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit/˘///˘/˘8A
Into every troubled breast!/˘/˘˘/˘/8B
Let us all thy grace inherit,/˘/////˘8C
Let us find thy promised rest./˘///˘/7B
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.