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Millennial Harp 44

I Will Sing of Jesus' Love

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1I will sing (I will sing) of Jesus' love, Sing of Him (sing of Him) who first loved me; For He left (for He left) bright worlds above, And died on Calvary.

RefrainI will sing of Jesus' love, Endless praise my heart shall give; He has died that I might live I will sing His love to me.

2O the depths (O the depths) of love divine! Earth or heaven (earth or heaven) can never know How that sins (how that sins) as dark as mine Can be made as white as snow.

3Nothing good (nothing good) for Him I've done; How could He (how could He) such love bestow? Lord, I own (Lord, I own) my heart is won, Help me now my love to show.

The verse

Meter
36
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I will sing (I will sing) of Jesus' love, Sing of Him (sing of Him) who first loved me; For He left (for He left) bright worlds above, And died on Calvary.˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘˘/˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘36A

Verse 2

O the depths (O the depths) of love divine! Earth or heaven (earth or heaven) can never know How that sins (how that sins) as dark as mine Can be made as white as snow.˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘//˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/39A

Verse 3

Nothing good (nothing good) for Him I've done; How could He (how could He) such love bestow? Lord, I own (Lord, I own) my heart is won, Help me now my love to show./˘//˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘˘//˘//˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/37A

Refrain

I will sing of Jesus' love, Endless praise my heart shall give; He has died that I might live I will sing His love to me.˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘28A

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.