Millennial Harp 21
The Harvest Home
1Though in the outward church below, The
2wheat and tares togeth-er grow; Je-sus ere long will
3weed the crop, And pluck the trees in an-ger up.
4Chorus:
5For soon the reap-ing time will come,
6And an-gels shout the har-vest home.
The verse
- Meter
- 9
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 36% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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Verse 1
Though in the outward church below, The/˘˘/˘/˘/˘9A
Verse 2
wheat and tares togeth-er grow; Je-sus ere long will/˘/˘/˘//˘//˘12A
Verse 3
weed the crop, And pluck the trees in an-ger up./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘11A
Verse 4
Chorus:/˘2A
Verse 5
For soon the reap-ing time will come,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
Verse 6
And an-gels shout the har-vest home.˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
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.