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Hymns and Tunes 1886 97

O worship the King, all-glorious above

Words: Robert GrantMusic: Francis J. HaydnTune: Lyons10s & 11s

1O worship the King, all-glorious above,
And gratefully sing his wonderful love;
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days,
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

2O tell of his might, and sing of his grace,
Whose robe is the light; whose canopy, space.
His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form,
And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

3Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.

4Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;
Thy mercies, how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!

Tune
Lyons

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
10.10.11.11 · the hymnal prints 10s & 11s
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 32% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

O worship the King, all-glorious above,˘/˘˘/???˘/10A
And gratefully sing his wonderful love;˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/10A
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B

Verse 2

O tell of his might, and sing of his grace,˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/10A
Whose robe is the light; whose canopy, space.˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/10A
His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form,˘/˘˘˘/˘/???/12B
And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B

Verse 3

Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?//˘˘/˘/˘˘/10A
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/10A
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B

Verse 4

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,//˘˘/˘/˘˘/10A
In thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;˘/˘˘/˘//˘/10A
Thy mercies, how tender, how firm to the end,/////˘//˘˘/11B
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B

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.