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Millennial Harp 19

Sons of Zion

1Come, all ye sons of Zion,Who are waiting for salvation,

2O what a happy meeting,When salvation is completed,

3Have your lamps trim'd and burning,For,behold the proclamation.

4And tribulation's ended, And the spotless robe prepared,

5Saying,"All things now are ready For the poor and for the needy;

6For the Bride to be adorn'd, In the jasper wall be crowned,

7All my fatlings now are kill'd, And prepar-ed on the table.

8Saying, "Worthy is the Lamb," In the new Je-ru-sa-lem.

9O sinners, don't be ba doubting,
While the sons of God are shouting;
Come and join the happy army,
And there's nothing that will harm you.
If you follow Christ the Savior,
And break off your bad behavior,
And repent and be converted,
You may sing his praises too.

The verse

Meter: 15
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 32% of beats fit
Rhyme: A

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Verse 1

Come, all ye sons of Zion,Who are waiting for salvation,////˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘15A

Verse 2

O what a happy meeting,When salvation is completed,˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘15A

Verse 3

Have your lamps trim'd and burning,For,behold the proclamation.˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘15A

Verse 4

And tribulation's ended, And the spotless robe prepared,˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/14A

Verse 5

Saying,"All things now are ready For the poor and for the needy;/˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘16A

Verse 6

For the Bride to be adorn'd, In the jasper wall be crowned,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/14A

Verse 7

All my fatlings now are kill'd, And prepar-ed on the table./˘??/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘14A

Verse 8

Saying, "Worthy is the Lamb," In the new Je-ru-sa-lem./˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘14A

Verse 9

O sinners, don't be ba doubting,˘/˘/˘///˘9A

While the sons of God are shouting;/˘/˘/˘/˘8A

Come and join the happy army,/˘/˘/˘/˘8B

And there's nothing that will harm you.˘//˘˘˘/˘8C

If you follow Christ the Savior,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8D

And break off your bad behavior,˘//˘/˘/˘8D

And repent and be converted,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘8E

You may sing his praises too.˘˘/˘/˘/7C

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.