Millennial Harp 48
The Bridegroom Nigh
1My heart was cold, lukewarm was I, When lo! I heard the Midnight Cry;
2It arous'd me up, I look'd within, Be-hold cor-rup-tion, e-cor, sin.
The verse
- Meter
- 16.17
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 42% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
My heart was cold, lukewarm was I, When lo! I heard the Midnight Cry;˘/˘///˘˘//˘/˘///16A
˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/17B
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.