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Hymns and Tunes 1886 251

As comes on amid earth's gloom profound

Words: R. F. Cottrell

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1As comes on amid earth's gloom profound,
And wearing toil presents a ceaseless round,
'T is good to have some way-marks on our road,
To cheer our hearts, and lift our thoughts to God.

2The Sabbath to this end divinely blest,
Not only gives the body timely rest,
But by its influence helps our minds to raise
And tune our hearts to our Creator's praise.

3Then hail the glad memorial of our King!
Let us give thanks, and join his praise to sing;
And learning now to celebrate his praise,
So shall we sing of him through endless days.

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The verse

Meter
9.10.12.12
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 57% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

As comes on amid earth's gloom profound,˘/˘˘///˘/9A
And wearing toil presents a ceaseless round,˘/˘//˘˘/˘/10A
'T is good to have some way-marks on our road,/˘/˘˘/??˘/˘/12B
To cheer our hearts, and lift our thoughts to God.˘//˘/˘//˘/˘/12C

Verse 2

The Sabbath to this end divinely blest,˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/10A
Not only gives the body timely rest,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/10A
But by its influence helps our minds to raise˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/12B
And tune our hearts to our Creator's praise.˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘/12B

Verse 3

Then hail the glad memorial of our King!//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/12A
Let us give thanks, and join his praise to sing;/˘//˘/˘/˘/10A
And learning now to celebrate his praise,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/10B
So shall we sing of him through endless days.˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/10B

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.