Millennial Harp 34
Reanimation
11. And will the Judge descend? And must the dead arise?
And not a single soul escape His all discerning eyes! His all discerning eyes!
22. How will my heart endure
The terrors of that day,
When earth and heaven before his face,
Astonished, shrink away?
33. But ere the trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead,
Hark! from the gospel's cheering sound
What joyful tidings spread!
44. Ye sinners, see his grace,
Whose wrath ye cannot bear;
Flee to the shelter of his cross,
And find salvation there
The verse
- Meter
- 12.20
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 71% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
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Verse 1
1. And will the Judge descend? And must the dead arise?˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12A
And not a single soul escape His all discerning eyes! His all discerning eyes!˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/20A
Verse 2
2. How will my heart endure/˘˘/˘/6A
The terrors of that day,˘/˘˘˘/6B
When earth and heaven before his face,//˘/˘˘/˘/9C
Astonished, shrink away?˘/˘/˘/6B
Verse 3
3. But ere the trumpet shakes˘/˘/˘/6A
The mansions of the dead,˘/˘˘˘/6B
Hark! from the gospel's cheering sound/˘˘/˘/˘/8C
What joyful tidings spread!˘/˘/˘/6B
Verse 4
4. Ye sinners, see his grace,//˘/˘/6A
Whose wrath ye cannot bear;˘///˘/6B
Flee to the shelter of his cross,/˘˘/˘˘˘/8C
And find salvation there˘/˘/˘/6B
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.