Hymns and Tunes 1886 269
Still with thee, O my God!
Words: James Burns
1Still with thee, O my God!
I would desire to be;
By day, by night, at home, abroad,
I would be still with thee.
2With thee when dawn comes in,
And calls me back to care,
Each day returning to begin
With thee, my God, in prayer.
3With thee, when day is done,
And evening calms the mind;
The setting, as the rising sun,
With thee my heart would find.
4With thee, in thee, by faith
Abiding I would be;
By day, by night, in life, in death,
I would be still with thee.
- Words
- James Burns
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 6.7.8.6
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 71% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Still with thee, O my God!/˘/˘˘/6A
I would desire to be;˘˘˘/˘˘˘7B
By day, by night, at home, abroad,˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
I would be still with thee.˘˘˘/˘/6B
Verse 2
With thee when dawn comes in,˘////˘6A
And calls me back to care,˘/˘/˘/6B
Each day returning to begin//˘/˘˘˘/8A
With thee, my God, in prayer.˘/˘/˘/6B
Verse 3
With thee, when day is done,˘///˘/6A
And evening calms the mind;˘/˘/˘/6B
The setting, as the rising sun,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A
With thee my heart would find.˘/˘/˘/6B
Verse 4
With thee, in thee, by faith˘/˘/˘/6A
Abiding I would be;˘/˘˘˘˘6B
By day, by night, in life, in death,˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
I would be still with thee.˘˘˘/˘/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.