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Hymns and Tunes 1886 60

Holy as thou, O Lord, is none

Music: Charles WesleyTune: 291, 701, 212291, 701, 212

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1Holy as thou, O Lord, is none;
Thy holiness is all thine own;
A drop of that unbounded sea
Is ours,—a drop derived from thee.

2And when thy purity we share,
Thy brightest image we declare;
And, humbled into nothing, own,
Holy and pure is God alone.

3Sole, self-existing God and Lord,
By all thy heavenly hosts adored,
Let all on earth bow down to thee,
And own thy peerless majesty.

4Thy power unequalled we confess,
Established on the rock of peace;
The rock that never shall remove,
The rock of pure, almighty love.

Tune
291, 701, 212
Meter
291, 701, 212

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The verse

Meter
8.8.8.9 · the hymnal prints 291, 701, 212
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 56% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Holy as thou, O Lord, is none;/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Thy holiness is all thine own;//˘˘˘///8B
A drop of that unbounded sea˘/˘˘˘/˘/8C
Is ours,—a drop derived from thee.˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9C

Verse 2

And when thy purity we share,˘///˘˘˘/8A
Thy brightest image we declare;//˘/˘˘˘/8A
And, humbled into nothing, own,˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
Holy and pure is God alone./˘˘/˘/˘/8B

Verse 3

Sole, self-existing God and Lord,/????/˘/8A
By all thy heavenly hosts adored,˘///˘˘/˘/9A
Let all on earth bow down to thee,//˘///˘/8B
And own thy peerless majesty.˘///˘/˘˘8C

Verse 4

Thy power unequalled we confess,//˘˘/˘˘˘/9A
Established on the rock of peace;˘/˘˘˘/˘/8B
The rock that never shall remove,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8C
The rock of pure, almighty love.˘/˘/˘/˘/8D

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.