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Millennial Harp 6

I Long to Behold Him Arrayed

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1I long to behold him arrayed
With glory and light from above;
The King in his beauty displayed,
His beauty of holiest love:

2I languish and sigh to be there,
Where Jesus hath fixed his abode;
O, when shall we meet in the air,
And fly to the mountain of God?

3With him I on Sion shall stand,—
For Jesus has spoken the word,—
The breeze of Immanuel's land
Survey by the light of my Lord.
But when, on thy bosom reclined,
Thy face I am strengthened to see,
My fulness of rapture I find,
My heaven of heavens, in thee.

4How happy the people that dwell
Secure in the city above!
No pain the inhabitants feel,
No sickness or sorrow shall prove;
Physician of souls, unto me
Forgiveness and holiness give,
And then from the body set free,
And then to the city receive.

The verse

Meter
8.8.8.8
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 39% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I long to behold him arrayed˘/˘˘/˘˘/8A
With glory and light from above;˘/˘˘/˘˘/8B
The King in his beauty displayed,˘/˘˘/˘˘/8A
His beauty of holiest love:˘/˘˘/˘˘/8B

Verse 2

I languish and sigh to be there,˘/˘˘/˘˘/8A
Where Jesus hath fixed his abode;//˘//˘˘/8B
O, when shall we meet in the air,˘/˘˘/˘˘/8A
And fly to the mountain of God?˘/˘˘/˘˘/8C

Verse 3

With him I on Sion shall stand,—˘˘˘˘?˘/7A
For Jesus has spoken the word,—˘/˘˘/˘˘/8B
The breeze of Immanuel's land˘/˘/˘˘/7A
Survey by the light of my Lord.˘/˘˘/˘˘/8C
But when, on thy bosom reclined,˘/˘//˘˘/8D
Thy face I am strengthened to see,//˘˘/˘˘/8E
My fulness of rapture I find,˘??˘/˘˘/8D
My heaven of heavens, in thee.˘/˘˘/˘˘/8E

Verse 4

How happy the people that dwell//˘˘/˘˘/8A
Secure in the city above!˘/˘˘/˘˘/8B
No pain the inhabitants feel,˘/˘˘/˘˘/8C
No sickness or sorrow shall prove;˘/˘˘/˘˘/8D
Physician of souls, unto me˘/˘˘//˘˘8E
Forgiveness and holiness give,˘/˘˘/˘˘/8F
And then from the body set free,˘/˘˘/˘//8E
And then to the city receive.˘/˘˘/˘˘/8G

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.