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Hymns and Tunes 1886 434

Sunlight in the Heart

Words: Mrs. M. T. HaugheryMusic: M. T. Haughery

1There is sunlight on the hilltop, There is sunlight on the sea;
In the dust I leave my sadness, At the gate of other days;
O loving Saviour, thou hast bought me, And my life, my all, is thine.

RefrainO the sunlight! beautiful sunlight! O the sunlight in the heart!

2And the golden beams are sleeping, On the soft and verdant lea;
For thou dost see me with gladness, And thou fillest all my praise;
Let the lamp thy love hath lighted To thy praise and glory shine.

3But a richer light is filling All the chambers of my heart;
And to that bright home of glory Which thy love hath won for me,
And to that bright home of glory Which thy love hath won for me.

4For thou dwell'st there, my Saviour, And 'tis sunlight where thou art;
In my heart and mind ascending, My glad spirit follows thee,
In my heart and mind ascending, My glad spirit follows thee.

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The verse

Meter
15.15.17
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 52% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

There is sunlight on the hilltop, There is sunlight on the sea;/˘//˘˘///˘//˘˘/15A
In the dust I leave my sadness, At the gate of other days;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/15B
O loving Saviour, thou hast bought me, And my life, my all, is thine.˘/˘/˘˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘/17C

Verse 2

And the golden beams are sleeping, On the soft and verdant lea;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/15A
For thou dost see me with gladness, And thou fillest all my praise;˘///˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/15B
Let the lamp thy love hath lighted To thy praise and glory shine./˘/////˘˘//˘/˘/15C

Verse 3

But a richer light is filling All the chambers of my heart;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/15A
And to that bright home of glory Which thy love hath won for me,˘˘˘//˘/˘˘////˘˘15B
And to that bright home of glory Which thy love hath won for me.˘˘˘//˘/˘˘////˘˘15B

Verse 4

For thou dwell'st there, my Saviour, And 'tis sunlight where thou art;˘/?/˘/˘˘˘//////15A
In my heart and mind ascending, My glad spirit follows thee,˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/15B
In my heart and mind ascending, My glad spirit follows thee.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/15B

Refrain

O the sunlight! beautiful sunlight! O the sunlight in the heart!˘˘///˘˘//˘˘//˘˘/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.