SDA Hymnal 236
I Love Thee
Words: AnonymousMusic: Adolphe AdamTune: GORDON6.6.4.6.6.6.4
1I love Thee, I love Thee, I love Thee, my Lord;
I love Thee, my Savior, I love Thee, my God.
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,
He smiles, and He loves me, and helps me to sing.
4O, who's like my Savior? He's Salem's bright King;
He smiles, and He loves me, and helps me to sing.
- Words
- Anonymous
- Music
- Adolphe Adam
- Tune
- GORDON
- Meter
- 6.6.4.6.6.6.4
- Scripture
- 1 John 4:19; Psalm 116:1
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The verse
- Meter
- 11.11 · the hymnal prints 6.6.4.6.6.6.4
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 34% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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Verse 1
I love Thee, I love Thee, I love Thee, my Lord;˘//˘//˘//˘/11A
I love Thee, my Savior, I love Thee, my God.˘//˘/˘˘//˘/11B
Verse 2
I'm happy, I'm happy, O, wondrous account!//˘//˘˘/˘˘/11A
My joys are immortal, I stand on the mount!˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/11A
Verse 3
O Jesus, my Savior, with Thee I am blest,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
He smiles, and He loves me, and helps me to sing.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
Verse 4
O, who's like my Savior? He's Salem's bright King;˘//˘/˘//˘//11A
He smiles, and He loves me, and helps me to sing.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
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.