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Millennial Harp 6

Rapturous Joy

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1Hark! that shout of rapturous joy, Bursting

2Hark! the trumpet's awful voice, Sounds across Heav'n and

3earth from yonder cloud! Jesus comes! and through the

4broad through sea and land; Let his people now rejoice

5Rise ye saints, he comes for

6sky, Angels tell their joy aloud.

7joice, Their redemption is at hand.

The verse

Meter
10
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 38% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Hark! that shout of rapturous joy, Bursting/˘/˘/˘˘//˘10A

Verse 2

Hark! the trumpet's awful voice, Sounds across Heav'n and/˘/˘/˘//˘//˘12A

Verse 3

earth from yonder cloud! Jesus comes! and through the/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘11A

Verse 4

broad through sea and land; Let his people now rejoice///˘//˘/˘/˘/12A

Verse 5

Rise ye saints, he comes for///˘/˘6A

Verse 6

sky, Angels tell their joy aloud.//˘/˘/˘/8A

Verse 7

joice, Their redemption is at hand./˘˘/˘˘˘/8A

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.