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Hymns and Tunes 1886 69

Eternal source of every joy

Music: Philip DoddridgeTune: 618, 367, 894618, 367, 894

1Eternal source of every joy,
Well may thy praise our lips employ
While in thy temple we appear,
To hail the Sovereign of the year!

2Wide as the wheels of nature roll,
Thy hand supports and guides the whole;
The sun is taught by thee to rise,
And darkness when to veil the skies

3The flowery spring, at thy command
Perfumes the air, adorns the land;
The summer rays with vigor shine,
To raise the corn, to cheer the vine:

4Seasons and months, and weeks and days,
Demand successive songs of praise;
And be the grateful homage paid,
With morning light and evening shade,
Here in thy house let incense rise,
And circling sabbaths bless our eyes,
Till to those lofty heights we soar,
Where days and years revolve no more.

Tune
618, 367, 894
Meter
618, 367, 894

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
9.9.8.8 · the hymnal prints 618, 367, 894
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 62% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Eternal source of every joy,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9A
Well may thy praise our lips employ/˘///˘/˘/9A
While in thy temple we appear,/˘//˘˘˘/8B
To hail the Sovereign of the year!˘/˘/˘˘˘/8B

Verse 2

Wide as the wheels of nature roll,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Thy hand supports and guides the whole;//˘/˘/˘/8A
The sun is taught by thee to rise,˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
And darkness when to veil the skies˘/˘/˘/˘/8B

Verse 3

The flowery spring, at thy command˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9A
Perfumes the air, adorns the land;˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
The summer rays with vigor shine,˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
To raise the corn, to cheer the vine:˘/˘/˘/˘/8B

Verse 4

Seasons and months, and weeks and days,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Demand successive songs of praise;˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
And be the grateful homage paid,˘˘˘/˘/˘/8B
With morning light and evening shade,˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
Here in thy house let incense rise,/˘//////8C
And circling sabbaths bless our eyes,˘/˘˘/˘//˘/10C
Till to those lofty heights we soar,/˘˘/˘/˘/8D
Where days and years revolve no more.//˘/˘/˘/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.