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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 93

STAR OF OUR HOPE

1STAR of our hope! He'll soon appear!
O, shout and sing hosanna.
The last loud trumpet speaks him near;
Hosanna! Sing hosanna!
Eternal life! Eternal life!
We have it through our Saviour!
Eternal life! Eternal life!
O, come and live for ever.

2Hail him all saints from pole to pole,
And raise one loud hosanna;
How welcome to the faithful soul!
How worthy our hosanna!

3From heaven angelic voices sound,
And join the sweet hosanna;
Behold the Lord of glory crowned!
And earth responds, hosanna.

4The grave yields up its precious trust,
To swell the wide hosanna;
Awake! Ye slumb'rers in the dust,
Awake and sing hosanna!

5Resplendent forms ascending, fair,
Prolong the glad hosanna,
And meet the Saviour in the air–
Hosanna! Sing hosanna!

6The saints rejoice, they shout, they sing,
With rapture chant hosannas;
And hail him their triumphant King!
For ever sing hosannas!

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Meter: 9.7.8.7.8.9.8.7
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 69% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABAB

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Verse 1

STAR of our hope! He'll soon appear!/˘/˘///˘/9A

O, shout and sing hosanna.˘/˘/˘/˘7B

The last loud trumpet speaks him near;˘///˘/˘/8A

Hosanna! Sing hosanna!˘/˘/˘/˘7B

Eternal life! Eternal life!˘/˘/˘/˘/8C

We have it through our Saviour!˘˘˘//˘/˘˘9D

Eternal life! Eternal life!˘/˘/˘/˘/8C

O, come and live for ever.˘/˘/˘/˘7E

Verse 2

Hail him all saints from pole to pole,/˘//˘/˘/8A

And raise one loud hosanna;˘///˘/˘7B

How welcome to the faithful soul!//˘˘˘/˘/8A

How worthy our hosanna!//˘/˘˘/˘8B

Verse 3

From heaven angelic voices sound,˘/˘//˘/˘/9A

And join the sweet hosanna;˘/˘/˘/˘7B

Behold the Lord of glory crowned!˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

And earth responds, hosanna.˘/˘/˘/˘7B

Verse 4

The grave yields up its precious trust,˘//˘˘/˘/8A

To swell the wide hosanna;˘/˘/˘/˘7B

Awake! Ye slumb'rers in the dust,˘//??˘˘/8A

Awake and sing hosanna!˘/˘/˘/˘7B

Verse 5

Resplendent forms ascending, fair,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

Prolong the glad hosanna,˘/˘/˘/˘7B

And meet the Saviour in the air–˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/9A

Hosanna! Sing hosanna!˘/˘/˘/˘7B

Verse 6

The saints rejoice, they shout, they sing,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

With rapture chant hosannas;˘/˘/˘/˘7B

And hail him their triumphant King!˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A

For ever sing hosannas!˘/˘/˘/˘7B

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.