Hymns and Tunes 1886 274
Christian brother, ere we part
Words: Terry White
1Christian brother, ere we part,
Every voice and every heart
Join, and to our Father raise
One last hymn of grateful praise.
2Though we here should meet no more,
Yet there is a brighter shore;
There released from toil and pain,
Saints with joy shall meet again.
- Words
- Terry White
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 7.9.8.7
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 65% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Christian brother, ere we part,/˘/˘/˘/7A
Every voice and every heart/˘˘/˘/˘˘/9A
Join, and to our Father raise/˘˘/˘/˘/8B
One last hymn of grateful praise.///˘/˘/7B
Verse 2
Though we here should meet no more,/˘/˘/˘/7A
Yet there is a brighter shore;//˘˘/˘/7A
There released from toil and pain,/˘/˘/˘/7B
Saints with joy shall meet again./˘/˘/˘/7C
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.