Hymns and Tunes 1886 476
Early, my God, without delay
Words: Isaac WattsTune: LAUREL HILLC. M.
1Early, my God, without delay,
I haste to seek thy face,
My thirsty spirit faints away
Without thy cheering grace.
2So pilgrims on the scorching sand,
Beneath a burning sky,
Long for a cooling stream at hand,
And they must drink or die.
3I've seen thy glory and thy power
Through all thy temple shine;
My God, repeat that heavenly hour,
That vision so divine.
4Not life itself, with all its joys,
Can my best passions move,
Or raise so high my cheerful voice
As thy forgiving love.
- Words
- Isaac Watts
- Tune
- LAUREL HILL
- Meter
- C. M.
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.6.8.6 · as printed
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 72% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABAB
Could also be sung to Azmon, Coronation, Ortonville, Cantate Domino, Christmas · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary · * a word sung short, as “heav’n”
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