Millennial Harp 18
Expostulation
1O turn ye, O turn ye, for why will ye die,
2Come now to the banquet and make no delay,
3Since God in great mercy is com-ing so nigh; Since
4For Christ bids you welcome, he bids you to-day; Come
5Je-sus in-vites you, the Spir-it says, Come, And
6wretched, come, starving, come just as you be, While
7an-gels are wait-ing to welcome you home.
8streams of sal-va-tion are flow-ing so free.
The verse
- Meter
- 11
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 36% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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Verse 1
O turn ye, O turn ye, for why will ye die,˘//˘//˘/˘//11A
Verse 2
Come now to the banquet and make no delay,//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
Verse 3
Since God in great mercy is com-ing so nigh; Since//˘//˘˘/˘˘//12A
Verse 4
For Christ bids you welcome, he bids you to-day; Come˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘//12A
Verse 5
Je-sus in-vites you, the Spir-it says, Come, And/˘//˘˘/˘//˘11A
Verse 6
wretched, come, starving, come just as you be, While/˘//˘//˘˘˘/11A
Verse 7
an-gels are wait-ing to welcome you home./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/10A
Verse 8
streams of sal-va-tion are flow-ing so free./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/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.