Millennial Harp 16
Desire to See Jesus
1From every earthly pleasure, From every transient joy,
2From eve-ry mor-tal trea-sure, That soon will fade and die;
3No lon-ger these de-sir-ing, Upwards our wish-es tend,
4To no-bler bliss as-pir-ing, And joys that nev-er end.
5From every piercing sorrow,
That leaves our breast to-day
Or threatens us to-morrow,
Hope turns our eyes away,
On wings of faith ascending,
We see the land of light,
And feel our sorrows ending,
In infinite delight.
The verse
- Meter
- 15
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 32% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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Verse 1
From every earthly pleasure, From every transient joy,˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/15A
Verse 2
From eve-ry mor-tal trea-sure, That soon will fade and die;˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/14A
Verse 3
No lon-ger these de-sir-ing, Upwards our wish-es tend,˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
Verse 4
To no-bler bliss as-pir-ing, And joys that nev-er end.˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/13A
Verse 5
From every piercing sorrow,˘/˘˘/˘/˘8A
That leaves our breast to-day˘//˘/˘/7B
Or threatens us to-morrow,˘/˘˘˘//7C
Hope turns our eyes away,///˘/˘/7B
On wings of faith ascending,˘/˘/˘/˘7D
We see the land of light,˘/˘/˘/6E
And feel our sorrows ending,˘//˘/˘/˘8D
In infinite delight.˘/˘˘˘/6E
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.