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Hymns and Tunes 1886 9

COME, thou Desire of all thy saints

27, 396, 398

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1COME, thou Desire of all thy saints!
Our humble strains attend,
While with our praise and our complaints,
Low at thy feet we bend.

2Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine,
And fill thy dwellings here,
Till life, and love, and joy divine
A heaven on earth appear.

3Show us some token of thy love,
Our fainting hopes to raise;
And pour thy blessing from above,
To aid our feeble praise.

4Then shall our hearts enraptured say,
'Come, great Redeemer! come,
And bring the bright, the glorious day,
That calls thy children home.'

Meter
27, 396, 398

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The verse

Meter
9.7.10.6 · the hymnal prints 27, 396, 398
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 42% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

COME, thou Desire of all thy saints!//˘/˘˘///9A
Our humble strains attend,/˘/˘/˘/7B
While with our praise and our complaints,/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/10A
Low at thy feet we bend./˘//˘/6B

Verse 2

Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine,//˘˘///˘/9A
And fill thy dwellings here,˘///˘/6B
Till life, and love, and joy divine//˘/˘/˘/8A
A heaven on earth appear.˘/˘˘/˘/7B

Verse 3

Show us some token of thy love,/˘//˘˘//8A
Our fainting hopes to raise;/˘/˘/˘/7B
And pour thy blessing from above,˘///˘˘˘/8A
To aid our feeble praise.˘//˘/˘/7B

Verse 4

Then shall our hearts enraptured say,/˘/˘/˘/˘/9A
'Come, great Redeemer! come,//˘/˘/6B
And bring the bright, the glorious day,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9A
That calls thy children home.'˘///˘/6C

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.