Hymns and Tunes 1886 35
God of the morning ray
Words: Thomas Hastings127, 664, 166
1God of the morning ray,
God of the rising day,
Glorious in power!
To thee we live and move,
And thus we daily prove
Thy condescending love
Each passing hour.
2God of our feeble race,
God of redeeming grace,
Spirit all-blest!
Our own eternal Friend,
Thy guardian influence lend,
From every snare defend;
In thee we rest.
- Words
- Thomas Hastings
- Meter
- 127, 664, 166
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 6.6.6.6.6.6.5 · the hymnal prints 127, 664, 166
- Foot
- dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 40% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABCCDB
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
God of the morning ray,/˘˘/˘/6A
God of the rising day,/˘˘/˘/6A
Glorious in power!/˘˘˘/˘6B
To thee we live and move,˘/˘/˘/6C
And thus we daily prove˘/˘/˘/6C
Thy condescending love//˘/˘/6D
Each passing hour.//˘/˘5B
Verse 2
God of our feeble race,/˘/˘/˘/7A
God of redeeming grace,/˘˘/˘/6A
Spirit all-blest!/˘??4B
Our own eternal Friend,/˘/˘/˘/7C
Thy guardian influence lend,//˘˘/˘˘/8C
From every snare defend;˘/˘˘/˘/7C
In thee we rest.˘/˘/4D
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.