Millennial Harp 10
Luther's Hymn
1Great God,what do I see and hear! The The Judge of man I see appear, On
2end of things cre-a-ted! The trumpet clouds of glo-ry spread:
3sounds; the graves re-store The dead which they con-
4tain'd before: Prepare, my soul, to meet him.
The verse
- Meter
- 18
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 48% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Great God,what do I see and hear! The The Judge of man I see appear, On//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘18A
Verse 2
end of things cre-a-ted! The trumpet clouds of glo-ry spread:/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/14A
Verse 3
sounds; the graves re-store The dead which they con-/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/10A
Verse 4
tain'd before: Prepare, my soul, to meet him.?˘/˘/˘/˘/˘10A
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.