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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 61

Lift Your Heads

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1LIFT your heads, ye friends of Jesus;
Partners in his patience here;
Christ to all believers precious,
Lord of lords, shall soon appear;
Mark the tokens,
Of his heavenly kingdom near.

2Bear all nature's groans proclaiming
Nature's swift approaching doom!
War, and pestilence, and famine,
Signify the wrath to come;
Cleaves the centre,
Nations rush into the tomb.

3Lo! 'Tis He! Our heart's desire,
Come for his espoused below;
Come to join us with the choir,
Come to make our joys o'erflow;
Palms of victory,
Crowns of glory to bestow.

4Yes, the prize shall sure be given;
We his open face shall see:
Love, the earnest of our heaven,
Love our full reward shall be.
Love shall crown us
Kings thro' all eternity.

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The verse

Meter
8.7.8.7.4.8
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 63% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCBDB
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Verse 1

LIFT your heads, ye friends of Jesus;/˘///˘/˘8A
Partners in his patience here;/˘˘˘/˘/7B
Christ to all believers precious,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C
Lord of lords, shall soon appear;/˘/˘/˘/7B
Mark the tokens,/˘/˘4D
Of his heavenly kingdom near.˘˘/˘˘/˘/8B

Verse 2

Bear all nature's groans proclaiming///˘/˘/˘8A
Nature's swift approaching doom!/˘/˘/˘/7B
War, and pestilence, and famine,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8C
Signify the wrath to come;/˘/˘/˘/7D
Cleaves the centre,/˘/˘4E
Nations rush into the tomb./˘//˘˘/7B

Verse 3

Lo! 'Tis He! Our heart's desire,//˘/˘/˘/˘9A
Come for his espoused below;/˘˘˘/˘/7B
Come to join us with the choir,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8A
Come to make our joys o'erflow;/˘//˘/???9C
Palms of victory,/˘/˘˘5D
Crowns of glory to bestow./˘/˘˘˘/7B

Verse 4

Yes, the prize shall sure be given;/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
We his open face shall see:˘˘/˘/˘/7B
Love, the earnest of our heaven,/˘/˘˘/˘/˘9C
Love our full reward shall be.//˘/˘/˘˘8B
Love shall crown us/˘/˘4D
Kings thro' all eternity.///˘/˘˘7E

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.