SDA Hymnal 410
Thy Broken Body, Gracious Lord
Words: [unclear]Music: [unclear]Tune: [unclear]4/4
1Thy broken body, gracious Lord,
Is shadowed by this broken bread;
The wine which in this cup is poured
Points to the blood which Thou hast shed.
2And while we meet together thus,
We show that we are one in Thee;
Thy precious blood was shed for us,
Thou hast set us free with Thee.
3We have one hope that Thou wilt come,
We wait to see;
And we shall ever
Thou hast shed,
Thou hast set us free with Thee.
- Words
- [unclear]
- Music
- [unclear]
- Tune
- [unclear]
- Meter
- 4/4
The verse
- Meter
- 8.8.8.8
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 54% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABAB
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Verse 1
Thy broken body, gracious Lord,//˘/˘/˘/8A
Is shadowed by this broken bread;˘/˘˘˘/˘/8B
The wine which in this cup is poured˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A
Points to the blood which Thou hast shed./˘˘/˘///8B
Verse 2
And while we meet together thus,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
We show that we are one in Thee;˘/˘˘˘/˘/8B
Thy precious blood was shed for us,//˘/˘/˘˘8A
Thou hast set us free with Thee.///˘/˘/7B
Verse 3
We have one hope that Thou wilt come,˘˘//˘///8A
We wait to see;˘/˘/4B
And we shall ever˘˘˘/˘5C
Thou hast shed,///3D
Thou hast set us free with Thee.///˘/˘/7B
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.