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Millennial Harp 64

Daughter of Zion! awake from thy sadness

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1Daughter of Zion! awake from thy sadness, Awake, for thy foes shall oppress thee no more; Bright o'er thy hills dawns the day-star of gladness; Arise, for the night of thy sorrows is o'er.

2Strong were thy foes; but the arm that subdued them, And scattered their legions, was mightier far: They fled like the chaff from the scourge that pursued them; How vain were their steeds and their chariots of war.

3Daughter of Zion! the power that hath saved thee, Extolled with the harp and the timbrel shall be; Shout! for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee, The oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free.

Meter
11s

The verse

Meter
11.11.11.11 · as printed
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Daughter of Zion! awake from thy sadness,/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘11A
Awake, for thy foes shall oppress thee no more;˘/˘//˘˘//˘/11B
Bright o'er thy hills dawns the day-star of gladness;/////˘??˘/˘11C
Arise, for the night of thy sorrows is o'er.˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/11D

Verse 2

Strong were thy foes; but the arm that subdued them, And scattered their legions, was mightier far: They fled like the chaff from the scourge that pursued them; How vain were their steeds and their chariots of war./˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/46A

Verse 3

Daughter of Zion! the power that hath saved thee, Extolled with the harp and the timbrel shall be; Shout! for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee, The oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘///˘/˘˘/˘˘??˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/46A

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.