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Millennial Harp 5

Pilgrim's Farewell

Studio

1Fare-well, fare-well, farewell,dear friends,I
must be gone, I have no home or stay with you; I'll

2take my staff and trav-el on, Till I a bet-ter

3world do view. I'll march to Canaan's land, I'll

4land on Canaan's shore,Where pleasures never end,Where

The verse

Meter
9.12
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 61% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Fare-well, fare-well, farewell,dear friends,I////////˘9A
must be gone, I have no home or stay with you; I'll/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/12B

Verse 2

take my staff and trav-el on, Till I a bet-ter/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘12A

Verse 3

world do view. I'll march to Canaan's land, I'll/˘///˘/˘//10A

Verse 4

land on Canaan's shore,Where pleasures never end,Where/˘/˘///˘/˘//12A

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.