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Millennial Harp 72

Keene. L. M.

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11. Hark! from the cross a voice of peace, Bids Sinai's
2. How else his presence wilt thou bear, When he in
3. Now from the cross a voice of peace, Bids Sinai's
awful thunder cease! Sinner! that voice of
judgment shall appear? When slighted love to
awful thunder cease— O sinner, while 'tis
Sweet! O sinner, while 'tis
avoid wrath shall turn, And all the earth like Sinai burn?
called today, That voice of saving love obey.

The verse

Meter
11.11.11.10.10.10.6.13.11
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 54% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABACDEEFG
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

1. Hark! from the cross a voice of peace, Bids Sinai's/˘˘/˘/˘////11A
2. How else his presence wilt thou bear, When he in//˘/˘////˘˘11B
3. Now from the cross a voice of peace, Bids Sinai's/˘˘/˘/˘////11A
awful thunder cease! Sinner! that voice of/˘/˘//˘˘/˘10C
judgment shall appear? When slighted love to/˘˘˘///˘/˘10D
awful thunder cease— O sinner, while 'tis/˘/˘/˘/˘//10E
Sweet! O sinner, while 'tis/˘/˘//6E
avoid wrath shall turn, And all the earth like Sinai burn?˘//˘/˘/˘/////13F
called today, That voice of saving love obey./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/11G

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.