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Hymns and Tunes 1886 302

How wondrous were the marks divine

Words: Isaac WattsTune: 168, 229, 542

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1How wondrous were the marks divine
That in thy meekness used to shine,
That lit thy path, O Son of God!
The lonely path thy feet have trod.

2O Jesus, who like thee so meek, so mild,
So patient, pure, and undefiled?
O Jesus, who like thee did ever go
So sinless through a world of woe?

3Oh, who like thee so humbly bore
The scorn, the scoffs of men, before?
So meek, so lowly, yet so high,
So glorious in humility?

4A suffering by thee was led;
Thou hadst not where to lay thy head;
And since, O Lord, 't was all for me,
Shall I not gladly follow thee?

Tune
168, 229, 542

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
8.8.8.8
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 68% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

How wondrous were the marks divine//˘˘˘/˘/8A
That in thy meekness used to shine,˘˘//˘/˘/8A
That lit thy path, O Son of God!˘///˘/˘/8B
The lonely path thy feet have trod.˘/˘///˘/8B

Verse 2

O Jesus, who like thee so meek, so mild,˘/˘˘//˘/˘/10A
So patient, pure, and undefiled?˘/˘/˘????9B
O Jesus, who like thee did ever go˘/˘˘//˘/˘/10C
So sinless through a world of woe?˘??/˘/˘/8C

Verse 3

Oh, who like thee so humbly bore˘˘//˘/˘/8A
The scorn, the scoffs of men, before?˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
So meek, so lowly, yet so high,˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
So glorious in humility?˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘9C

Verse 4

A suffering by thee was led;˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A
Thou hadst not where to lay thy head;/?˘/˘///8A
And since, O Lord, 't was all for me,˘/˘//˘/˘˘9B
Shall I not gladly follow thee?˘˘˘/˘/˘/8B

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.