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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 116

SABBATH HYMNS

1HAIL, peaceful morn, thy dawn I hail,
How do thy hours my mind regale
With feasts of heavenly joy;
Nor can I half thy blessings name,
Which kindle in my soul a flame,
And all my powers employ.

2How shall I best improve thy hours?
Lord on me shed in copious showers
Thy Spirit, and thy grace;
That when thy sacred courts I tread,
My soul may eat the heavenly bread,
And sing Jehovah's praise.

3Thou hallow'd season of repose,
Thou balm to soothe the throbbing woes,
Of this care-stricken breast;
Thy sacred hours I'll ever greet,
And with the faithful will I meet,
To taste thy holy rest.

Also sung to: Chardon (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #235)

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The verse

Meter: 8.9.7.8.8.7
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 52% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABCCB

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Verse 1

HAIL, peaceful morn, thy dawn I hail,//˘///˘/8A

How do thy hours my mind regale/˘//˘˘/˘/9A

With feasts of heavenly joy;˘/˘/˘˘/7B

Nor can I half thy blessings name,˘˘˘///˘/8C

Which kindle in my soul a flame,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8C

And all my powers employ.˘/˘/˘˘/7B

Verse 2

How shall I best improve thy hours?/˘˘/////˘9A

Lord on me shed in copious showers/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘10A

Thy Spirit, and thy grace;//˘˘//6B

That when thy sacred courts I tread,˘///˘/˘/8C

My soul may eat the heavenly bread,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9C

And sing Jehovah's praise.˘/˘/˘/6D

Verse 3

Thou hallow'd season of repose,//˘/˘˘˘/8A

Thou balm to soothe the throbbing woes,//˘/˘/˘/8A

Of this care-stricken breast;˘˘????/7B

Thy sacred hours I'll ever greet,//˘/˘//˘/9C

And with the faithful will I meet,˘˘˘/˘˘˘/8C

To taste thy holy rest.˘///˘/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.