Millennial Harp 44
Zion
11. Lo! he comes, with clouds descending, Once for
Thousand, thousand saints attending, Swell the
favored sinners slain! Hallelujah! Jesus
triumph of his train;
comes, and comes to reign. Hallelujah!
The verse
- Meter
- 10.10.11.5.9
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 62% of beats fit
- Rhyme
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Verse 1
1. Lo! he comes, with clouds descending, Once for/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘10A
Thousand, thousand saints attending, Swell the/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘10B
favored sinners slain! Hallelujah! Jesus/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘11C
triumph of his train;/˘˘˘/5D
comes, and comes to reign. Hallelujah!/˘/˘//˘/˘9E
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.