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Millennial Harp 71

The Alarm (continued)

1na-tions, Gog and Ma-gog to the fray; Hark! what

2soundeth is cre-ation Groaning for its latter day?

3Will ye play, then, will ye dally,
With your music and your wine?
Up! it is Jehovah's rally!
God's own arm hath need of thine,
Hark! the onset! will ye fold your
Faith-clad arms in lazy lock?
Up, O up, thou drowsy soldier;
Worlds are charging to the shock.

4Worlds are charging—heaven beholding!
Thou hast but an hour to fight;
Now the blazoned cross unfolding,
On—right onward, for the right.
On! let all the soul within you
For the truth's sake go abroad!
Strike! let every nerve and sinew
Tell on ages, tell for God!

The verse

Meter: 11
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 52% of beats fit
Rhyme: A

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

na-tions, Gog and Ma-gog to the fray; Hark! what/˘?˘??˘˘//˘11A

Verse 2

soundeth is cre-ation Groaning for its latter day?/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/13A

Verse 3

Will ye play, then, will ye dally,˘///˘//˘8A

With your music and your wine?˘˘/˘˘˘/7B

Up! it is Jehovah's rally!˘˘˘˘/˘/˘8A

God's own arm hath need of thine,/////˘/7B

Hark! the onset! will ye fold your/˘//˘//˘8C

Faith-clad arms in lazy lock???/˘/˘/7D

Up, O up, thou drowsy soldier;˘˘˘//˘/˘8E

Worlds are charging to the shock./˘/˘˘˘/7D

Verse 4

Worlds are charging—heaven beholding!/˘/˘/˘˘/˘9A

Thou hast but an hour to fight;//˘˘/˘˘/8B

Now the blazoned cross unfolding,/˘???/˘/˘9A

On—right onward, for the right.˘//˘˘˘/7B

On! let all the soul within you˘//˘/˘/˘8C

For the truth's sake go abroad!˘˘///˘/7D

Strike! let every nerve and sinew///˘˘/˘??9E

Tell on ages, tell for God!/˘/˘/˘/7F

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.