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Millennial Harp 97

I Love Thee

8.8.8.8.

Studio

1I love Thee, I love Thee, I love Thee, my Lord; I love Thee, my Savior, I love Thee, my God.

RefrainI love Thee, I love Thee, and that Thou dost know; I'll praise Him, I'll praise Him, with notes loud and clear, But how much I love Thee my actions will show.

2I'm happy, I'm happy, O, wondrous account! My joys are immortal, I stand on the mount!

3O Jesus, my Savior, with Thee I am blest, My life and salvation, my joy and my rest.

4O, who's like my Savior? He's Salem's bright King; He smiles, and He loves me, and helps me to sing.

Meter
8.8.8.8.

The verse

Meter
22 · the hymnal prints 8.8.8.8.
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

I love Thee, I love Thee, I love Thee, my Lord; I love Thee, my Savior, I love Thee, my God.˘//˘//˘//˘/˘//˘/˘˘//˘/22A

Verse 2

I'm happy, I'm happy, O, wondrous account! My joys are immortal, I stand on the mount!//˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/22A

Verse 3

O Jesus, my Savior, with Thee I am blest, My life and salvation, my joy and my rest.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/22A

Verse 4

O, who's like my Savior? He's Salem's bright King; He smiles, and He loves me, and helps me to sing.˘//˘/˘//˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/22A

Refrain

I love Thee, I love Thee, and that Thou dost know; I'll praise Him, I'll praise Him, with notes loud and clear, But how much I love Thee my actions will show.˘//˘//˘˘/////˘//˘˘//˘/˘//˘//˘/˘˘/33A

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.