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Hymns and Tunes 1886 8

JESUS, our Lord, make no delay

639, 76, 147

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1JESUS, our Lord, make no delay
To bless us with thy face;
Drive interposing clouds away,
And make our darkness chase.

2What do we here without thy grace,
O blessed Lamb of God?
'T will be a dark and tiresome place
Unless we feel thy word.

3Come in with power to every soul,
O thou immortal Dove;
Make every wounded spirit whole
With thy redeeming love.

4We long to meet our God to-day,
And feast on his grace divine;
That every soul with joy may say,
'My Lord, my God, I'm thine.'

Meter
639, 76, 147

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The verse

Meter
9.6.8.7 · the hymnal prints 639, 76, 147
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

JESUS, our Lord, make no delay/˘/˘//˘˘/9A
To bless us with thy face;˘/˘˘//6B
Drive interposing clouds away,//˘/˘/˘/8A
And make our darkness chase.˘//˘/˘/7B

Verse 2

What do we here without thy grace,˘˘˘/˘///8A
O blessed Lamb of God?˘//˘/5B
'T will be a dark and tiresome place/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/10A
Unless we feel thy word.˘/˘///6C

Verse 3

Come in with power to every soul,/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/10A
O thou immortal Dove;˘///˘/6B
Make every wounded spirit whole//˘˘/˘/˘/9A
With thy redeeming love.˘/˘/˘/6B

Verse 4

We long to meet our God to-day,˘/˘//˘/˘/9A
And feast on his grace divine;˘/˘˘/˘/7B
That every soul with joy may say,˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9A
'My Lord, my God, I'm thine.'˘/˘///6B

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.