Hymns and Tunes 1886 429
With broken heart and contrite sigh
Music: Charlotte ElliottS.M.
1With broken heart and contrite sigh, A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry;
Thy pardoning grace is rich and free: O God, be merciful to me!
2I smite upon my troubled breast With deep and conscious guilt oppressed;
Christ and his cross my only plea: O God, be merciful to me!
- Music
- Charlotte Elliott
- Meter
- S.M.
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The verse
- Meter
- 17.17 · the hymnal prints S.M.
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 40% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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Verse 1
With broken heart and contrite sigh, A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry;˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘/17A
Thy pardoning grace is rich and free: O God, be merciful to me!//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘17B
Verse 2
I smite upon my troubled breast With deep and conscious guilt oppressed;˘?˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/16A
Christ and his cross my only plea: O God, be merciful to me!/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘16B
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.