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Millennial Harp 66

I Want to Wear the Crown

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1Jesus,my all to heav'n is gone; I want to wear the

2go, The way the holy prophets went,I want to wear the

3crown, He whom I fix my hopes upon; I want to wear the

4crown, The road that leads from banishment; I want to wear the

5crown, Oh my heart says praise the Lord, my heart says praise the

6crown, Oh my heart says praise the Lord,

7my heart says praise the Lord,I want to wear the crown.

The verse

Meter
13
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 41% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Jesus,my all to heav'n is gone; I want to wear the/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘13A

Verse 2

go, The way the holy prophets went,I want to wear the/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘14A

Verse 3

crown, He whom I fix my hopes upon; I want to wear the/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘14A

Verse 4

crown, The road that leads from banishment; I want to wear the/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘14A

Verse 5

crown, Oh my heart says praise the Lord, my heart says praise the/˘˘///˘/˘///˘13A

Verse 6

crown, Oh my heart says praise the Lord,/˘˘///˘/8A

Verse 7

my heart says praise the Lord,I want to wear the crown.˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/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.