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Hymns and Tunes 1886 254

Welcome, delightful morn

Music: F. SchneiderTune: Lischer. H. M.

1Welcome, delightful morn, Thou day of sacred rest!
I hail thy returning dawn with joy within my breast.
From the low train of mortal toys
I soar to reach immortal joys,
I soar to reach
Immoral joys.

2Now may the King descend,
And fill his throne of grace;
Thy scepter, Lord, extend,
While saints address thy face;
Let sinners feel thy quickening word,
And learn to know and fear the Lord.

3Descend, celestial Dove,
With all thy quickening powers;
Disclose a Saviour's love,
And bless these sacred hours;
Then shall my soul new life obtain,
Nor Sabbath-days be passed in vain.

Music: F. Schneider
Tune: Lischer. H. M.

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The verse

Meter: 12.13.8.8.4.4
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 57% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABBCB

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Welcome, delightful morn, Thou day of sacred rest!/˘˘/˘///˘/˘/12A

I hail thy returning dawn with joy within my breast.˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/13A

From the low train of mortal toys˘˘//˘/˘/8B

I soar to reach immortal joys,˘/˘///˘/8B

I soar to reach˘/˘/4C

Immoral joys.//˘/4B

Verse 2

Now may the King descend,/˘˘/˘/6A

And fill his throne of grace;˘/˘/˘/6B

Thy scepter, Lord, extend,/??/˘/6A

While saints address thy face;//////6B

Let sinners feel thy quickening word,//˘///˘˘/9C

And learn to know and fear the Lord.˘/˘/˘/˘/8D

Verse 3

Descend, celestial Dove,˘/˘/˘/6A

With all thy quickening powers;˘///˘˘/˘8B

Disclose a Saviour's love,˘/˘/˘˘/7A

And bless these sacred hours;˘/˘/˘/˘7B

Then shall my soul new life obtain,/˘˘///˘/8C

Nor Sabbath-days be passed in vain.˘???˘/˘/8C

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.