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Millennial Harp 75

Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest

L.M.

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1Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest, Improve the day thy God has blest; Another six days' work is done, Another Sabbath is begun.

2Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns So sweet a rest to wearied minds; Provides a blest foretaste of heaven On this day more than all the seven.

3O that our thoughts and thanks may rise As grateful incense to the skies; And draw from Christ that sweet repose, Which none but he that feels it knows.

4This heavenly calm within the breast Is the blest pledge of glorious rest, Which for the church of God remains, The end of cares, the end of pains.

Also sung to
Hebron. L. M. (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #215)
Meter
L.M.

The verse

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

Verse 1

Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest,˘/˘/////8A
Improve the day thy God has blest;//˘///˘/8A
Another six days' work is done,˘/˘///˘/8B
Another Sabbath is begun.˘/˘/˘˘˘/8B

Verse 2

Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns So sweet a rest to wearied minds; Provides a blest foretaste of heaven On this day more than all the seven.//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘34A

Verse 3

O that our thoughts and thanks may rise As grateful incense to the skies; And draw from Christ that sweet repose, Which none but he that feels it knows.˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/33A

Verse 4

This heavenly calm within the breast Is the blest pledge of glorious rest, Which for the church of God remains, The end of cares, the end of pains.˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/34A

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.