Hymns and Tunes 1886 52
Lord of my life, thy quickening ray
Music: Charles WesleyTune: 80, 700, 77780, 700, 777
1Lord of my life, thy quickening ray
Sheds on my path the glow of day;
Star of my hope, thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.
2Sun of my life, thy quickening ray
Sheds on my path the glow of day;
Star of my hope, thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.
3Our midnight is thy gracious dawn,
Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign;
All, save the clouds of sin, are thine!
- Music
- Charles Wesley
- Tune
- 80, 700, 777
- Also sung to
- Louvan (SDA Hymnal #17)
- Meter
- 80, 700, 777
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 9.8.8.8 · the hymnal prints 80, 700, 777
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 40% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Lord of my life, thy quickening ray/˘˘///˘˘/9A
Sheds on my path the glow of day;/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Star of my hope, thy softened light/˘˘///˘/8B
Cheers the long watches of the night./˘//˘˘˘/8B
Verse 2
Sun of my life, thy quickening ray/˘˘///˘˘/9A
Sheds on my path the glow of day;/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Star of my hope, thy softened light/˘˘///˘/8B
Cheers the long watches of the night./˘//˘˘˘/8B
Verse 3
Our midnight is thy gracious dawn,/˘//˘//˘/9A
Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign;/˘/////˘/9B
All, save the clouds of sin, are thine!//˘/˘/˘/8B
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.