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Hymns and Tunes 1886 327

Jesus, thy love shall we forget

Words: Wm. MitchellTune: 120, 845, 204

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1Jesus, thy love shall we forget, And hadst thou died for us in vain?
The grace that paid our hopeless debt, And bade us live to God again?

2Shall we the life of grief forget, Thy fasting and thy prayer,
Thy looks with mountain vapors wet, To save us from despair?

3Gethsemane can we forget, That struggling agony?
When night lay dark on Olivet, And none to watch with thee?

4Our sorrows and our sins were laid On thee, alone to thee;
Thy precious blood our ransom paid— Thine all the glory be!

Tune
120, 845, 204

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
16.17
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 40% of beats fit
Rhyme
AB
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Jesus, thy love shall we forget, And hadst thou died for us in vain?/˘//˘˘˘/˘?//˘˘˘/16A
The grace that paid our hopeless debt, And bade us live to God again?˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/17B

Verse 2

Shall we the life of grief forget, Thy fasting and thy prayer,˘˘˘/˘/˘///˘˘//14A
Thy looks with mountain vapors wet, To save us from despair?//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/14A

Verse 3

Gethsemane can we forget, That struggling agony????˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘14A
When night lay dark on Olivet, And none to watch with thee?////˘???˘/˘/˘/14B

Verse 4

Our sorrows and our sins were laid On thee, alone to thee;/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/16A
Thy precious blood our ransom paid— Thine all the glory be!//˘//˘/˘///˘/˘˘15A

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.