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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 27

MY SOUL IS FULL OF GLORY

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1MY soul is full of glory,
Inspiring my tongue;
Could I meet with angels,
I would sing them a song;
I would sing of my Jesus,
And tell of his charms,
And beg them to bear me
To his loving arms.

2Methinks they're descending
To hear what I sing;
Well pleased to hear mortals
Praising their King:
O angels, O, angels!
My soul's in a flame,
I faint in sweet raptures
At Jesus' name.

3O Jesus! O Jesus!
Thou balm of my soul,
'Twas thou my dear Jesus,
That made my heart whole:
O bring me to view thee,
Thou heavenly King,
In oceans of glory
Thy praises to sing.

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The verse

Meter
7.5.6.6.7.5.6.5
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 32% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCDEFGF
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

MY soul is full of glory,˘/˘/˘/˘7A
Inspiring my tongue;//˘˘/5B
Could I meet with angels,˘˘/˘/˘6C
I would sing them a song;˘˘/˘˘/6D
I would sing of my Jesus,˘˘/˘˘/˘7E
And tell of his charms,˘/˘˘/5F
And beg them to bear me˘/˘˘/˘6G
To his loving arms.˘˘/˘/5F

Verse 2

Methinks they're descending??/˘/˘6A
To hear what I sing;˘/˘˘/5B
Well pleased to hear mortals//˘//˘6C
Praising their King:/˘˘/4B
O angels, O, angels!˘/˘˘/˘6D
My soul's in a flame,˘/˘˘/5E
I faint in sweet raptures˘/˘//˘6F
At Jesus' name.˘/˘/4E

Verse 3

O Jesus! O Jesus!˘/˘˘/˘6A
Thou balm of my soul,//˘˘/5B
'Twas thou my dear Jesus,//˘//˘6A
That made my heart whole:˘/˘//5B
O bring me to view thee,˘/˘˘//6C
Thou heavenly King,//˘˘/5D
In oceans of glory˘/˘˘/˘6E
Thy praises to sing.//˘˘/5D

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.