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Millennial Harp 25

Eden of Love (continued)

1clouded, I'll bathe in the o-cean of pleasure un-bound-ed,

2And range with de-light thro' the E-den of Love.

3While angelic legions, with harps tuned celestial,
Harmonious join in the concert of praise,
The saints, as they flock from the regions terrestrial,
In loud hallelujahs their voices will raise:
Then songs to the Lamb shall re-echo thro' heaven,
My soul will respond, To Immanuel be given
All glory, all honor, all might and dominion,
Who brought us thro' grace to the Eden of Love.

4Then hail, blessed state! hail, ye songsters of glory!
Ye harpers of bliss, soon I'll meet you above!
And join your full choir in rehearsing the story,
"Salvation from sorrow, through Jesus' love:"
Though 'prisoned in earth, yet by anticipation,
Already my soul feels a sweet prelibation
Of joys that await me, when freed from probation:
My heart's now in Heaven, the Eden of Love.

The verse

Meter
14
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

clouded, I'll bathe in the o-cean of pleasure un-bound-ed,/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘14A

Verse 2

And range with de-light thro' the E-den of Love.˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/11A

Verse 3

While angelic legions, with harps tuned celestial,///˘/˘˘//˘/˘12A
Harmonious join in the concert of praise,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
The saints, as they flock from the regions terrestrial,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘13C
In loud hallelujahs their voices will raise:˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
Then songs to the Lamb shall re-echo thro' heaven,//˘˘/˘??//˘11D
My soul will respond, To Immanuel be given˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘12E
All glory, all honor, all might and dominion,//˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘12F
Who brought us thro' grace to the Eden of Love.˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/11G

Verse 4

Then hail, blessed state! hail, ye songsters of glory!//////??˘/˘11A
Ye harpers of bliss, soon I'll meet you above!//˘˘////˘˘/11B
And join your full choir in rehearsing the story,˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘13A
"Salvation from sorrow, through Jesus' love:"˘/˘˘/˘//˘/10B
Though 'prisoned in earth, yet by anticipation,//˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘12C
Already my soul feels a sweet prelibation˘/˘˘//˘/????12D
Of joys that await me, when freed from probation:˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘12C
My heart's now in Heaven, the Eden of Love.˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B

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.