Hymns and Tunes 1886 351
Come, Thou Almighty King
Words: AnonymousMusic: Felice de GiardiniTune: Italian Hymn6.6.4.6.6.6.4
1Come, thou almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing,
Help us to praise:
Father all-glorious,
O'er all victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of days.
2Come, thou incarnate Word,
Gird on thy mighty sword,
Our prayer attend:
Come, and thy people bless,
And give thy word success:
Spirit of holiness,
On us descend.
- Words
- Anonymous
- Music
- Felice de Giardini
- Tune
- Italian Hymn
- Also sung to
- Madrid (Christ in Song #316)
- Meter
- 6.6.4.6.6.6.4
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 6.6.4.5.6.6.4 · the hymnal prints 6.6.4.6.6.6.4
- Foot
- dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 55% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABCDEB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Come, thou almighty King,//˘/˘/6A
Help us thy name to sing,/˘//˘/6A
Help us to praise:/˘˘/4B
Father all-glorious,/˘???5C
O'er all victorious,//˘/˘˘6D
Come, and reign over us,/˘//˘˘6E
Ancient of days./˘˘/4B
Verse 2
Come, thou incarnate Word,////˘/6A
Gird on thy mighty sword,/˘//˘/6B
Our prayer attend:˘/˘/4C
Come, and thy people bless,/˘//˘/6D
And give thy word success:˘///˘/6D
Spirit of holiness,/˘˘/˘˘6E
On us descend.˘˘˘/4C
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.