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Hymns and Tunes 1886 328

O Jesus, sweet the tears I shed

Words: Ray PalmerTune: 201, 204

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1O Jesus, sweet the tears I shed While at thy cross I kneel,
Gaze on thy wounded, fainting head, And all thy sorrows feel.

2My heart dissolves to see thee bleed, This heart so hard before;
I hear thee for the guilty plead, And grief o'erflows the more.

3I know this cleansing blood of thine Was shed, dear Lord, for me;
For me, for all—O grace divine!— Who look by faith on thee.

4In patient hope the cross I'll bear, Thine arm shall be my stay;
And thou, enthroned, my soul shalt spare On thy great Judgment-day.

Tune
201, 204

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
14.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 66% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

O Jesus, sweet the tears I shed While at thy cross I kneel,˘/˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/14A
Gaze on thy wounded, fainting head, And all thy sorrows feel./˘//˘/˘/˘///˘/14A

Verse 2

My heart dissolves to see thee bleed, This heart so hard before;˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/14A
I hear thee for the guilty plead, And grief o'erflows the more.˘//˘˘/˘/˘/???˘/15A

Verse 3

I know this cleansing blood of thine Was shed, dear Lord, for me;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘14A
For me, for all—O grace divine!— Who look by faith on thee.˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14A

Verse 4

In patient hope the cross I'll bear, Thine arm shall be my stay;˘/˘/˘/////˘˘˘/14A
And thou, enthroned, my soul shalt spare On thy great Judgment-day.˘/???˘///˘//???15B

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.