Hymns and Tunes 1886 184
Light of the world, shine on our souls
Words: Anon175, 395, 432
1Light of the world, shine on our souls;
Thy grace we ask to learn;
And while we meet to learn thy truth,
Be thou our hearts' concern.
2Its holiness discern;
Its joyful news of saving grace
By blest experience learn.
3Its faithfulness, sweetness, power, and depth,
Its holiness discern;
Its joyful news of saving grace
By blest experience learn.
4Thus may thy word be dearer still,
And richer more each day;
And sanctify more each day;
Thyself in its display.
- Words
- Anon
- Meter
- 175, 395, 432
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 9.6.8.7 · the hymnal prints 175, 395, 432
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 54% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Light of the world, shine on our souls;/˘˘//˘/˘/9A
Thy grace we ask to learn;//˘/˘/6B
And while we meet to learn thy truth,˘/˘/˘///8C
Be thou our hearts' concern.˘//˘/˘/7B
Verse 2
Its holiness discern;˘/˘˘˘/6A
Its joyful news of saving grace˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
By blest experience learn.˘/˘/˘˘/7A
Verse 3
Its faithfulness, sweetness, power, and depth,˘/˘//˘/˘˘/10A
Its holiness discern;˘/˘˘˘/6B
Its joyful news of saving grace˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
By blest experience learn.˘/˘/˘˘/7B
Verse 4
Thus may thy word be dearer still,/˘//˘/˘/8A
And richer more each day;˘/˘///6B
And sanctify more each day;˘/˘˘///7B
Thyself in its display.//˘˘˘/6B
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.