Millennial Harp 21
There are Angels hovering round
1There are angels hovering round, There are angels hovering round,
There are angels, angels, angels hovering round.
2To carry tidings home,
To the New Jerusalem:
Poor sinners are coming home,
And Jesus bids them come;
Let him that heareth come,
Let him that thirsteth come.
3We are on our journey home,
Where Christ our Lord has gone;
We will meet around his throne,
When he makes his people one,
We shall reign forevermore
In the New Jerusalem.
The verse
- Meter
- 16.12
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 43% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
There are angels hovering round, There are angels hovering round,/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘/16A
There are angels, angels, angels hovering round./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/12A
Verse 2
To carry tidings home,˘/˘/˘/6A
To the New Jerusalem:˘˘/˘/˘˘7B
Poor sinners are coming home,//˘˘/˘/7A
And Jesus bids them come;˘/˘/˘/6C
Let him that heareth come,/˘˘/˘/6C
Let him that thirsteth come./˘˘/˘/6C
Verse 3
We are on our journey home,˘˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Where Christ our Lord has gone;///˘/˘/7B
We will meet around his throne,˘˘/˘/˘/7C
When he makes his people one,/˘/˘/˘/7D
We shall reign forevermore˘˘/????7E
In the New Jerusalem.˘˘/˘/˘˘7F
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.