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Hymns and Tunes 1886 336

Brockham

Words: Charles WesleyMusic: J. ClarkeTune: L. M.

1Our Lord is ris - en from the dead; Our Je - sus is gone up on high!
A captive host he joy - ful led To the bright por - tals of the sky.

2There his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay:
"Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates; Ye everlasting doors, give way."

3Loose all your fears of golden light, And let the world behold the beauteous scene;
He claims these mansions as his right, Receive the King of glory in.

4He lives, and grants me daily breath; He lives, and I shall conquer death;
He lives my mansion to prepare; He lives to bring me safely there.

5He lives, all glory to his name! He lives, my Saviour, still the same;
What joy the blest assurance gives,— I know that my Redeemer lives!

6Who is the King of glory? Who?— The Lord, that all our foes o'ercame;
The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew; And Jesus is the conqueror's name.

7Lo! his triumphal chariot waits, And angels clap their wings for joy:
"Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates; Ye everlasting doors, give way."

8Who is the King of glory? Who?— The Lord, of glorious power possessed;
The King of saints and angels too; God over all, forever blest.

Tune
L. M.

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
18.16
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 48% of beats fit
Rhyme
AB
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Verse 1

Our Lord is ris - en from the dead; Our Je - sus is gone up on high!/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/18A
A captive host he joy - ful led To the bright por - tals of the sky.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/16A

Verse 2

There his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay:/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/17A
"Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates; Ye everlasting doors, give way."/˘˘///˘˘///˘/˘///17A

Verse 3

Loose all your fears of golden light, And let the world behold the beauteous scene;//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘??/18A
He claims these mansions as his right, Receive the King of glory in.˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘16B

Verse 4

He lives, and grants me daily breath; He lives, and I shall conquer death;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/16A
He lives my mansion to prepare; He lives to bring me safely there.˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/16B

Verse 5

He lives, all glory to his name! He lives, my Saviour, still the same;˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/17A
What joy the blest assurance gives,— I know that my Redeemer lives!˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/16B

Verse 6

Who is the King of glory? Who?— The Lord, that all our foes o'ercame;˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/???18A
The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew; And Jesus is the conqueror's name.˘///˘/???˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/18B

Verse 7

Lo! his triumphal chariot waits, And angels clap their wings for joy:/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/17A
"Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates; Ye everlasting doors, give way."/˘˘///˘˘///˘/˘///17B

Verse 8

Who is the King of glory? Who?— The Lord, of glorious power possessed;˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/18A
The King of saints and angels too; God over all, forever blest.˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/16A

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.