Millennial Harp 1
The Great Battle
1Hosannah! hark, the melody
Strikes sweetly on my ravished ear!
The constellations make reply
In echoes from each distant sphere,
Till all the wide expansion rings
With "Live forever, King of kings!"
2He comes! he comes! the heavens
rond!
Floods, clap your hands! ye moun-
tains, joy!
Forests, in glad obeisance bend!
Earth, raise your hallelujahs high!
Let Zion wake the lofty strain—
"Live, King of kings! forever reign!"
The verse
- Meter
- 8.9.8.8.8.8
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 74% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCBDD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Hosannah! hark, the melody???/˘/˘˘8A
Strikes sweetly on my ravished ear!//˘˘˘???/9B
The constellations make reply˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
In echoes from each distant sphere,˘/˘˘//˘/8B
Till all the wide expansion rings//˘/˘/˘/8D
With "Live forever, King of kings!"˘/˘/˘/˘/8D
Verse 2
He comes! he comes! the heavens˘/˘/˘/˘7A
rond!?1B
Floods, clap your hands! ye moun-//˘//?6C
tains, joy!?/2D
Forests, in glad obeisance bend!/˘˘/˘/˘/8E
Earth, raise your hallelujahs high!//˘/˘/˘/8F
Let Zion wake the lofty strain—//˘/˘/˘/8G
"Live, King of kings! forever reign!"//˘/˘/˘/8G
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.