SDA Hymnal 419
Soon Shall the Trump of God
1Soon shall the trump of God
Give out the welcome sound,
That shakes death's silent chamber walls,
And breaks the turf-sealed ground.
2You dwellers in the dust,
Awake, come forth, and sing;
Sharp has your frost been, but bright
Shall rise a heavenly spring.
3'Twas sown in weakness here,
'Twill then be raised in power;
That which was sown an earthly seed
Shall rise a heavenly flower.
The verse
- Meter
- 6.6.8.7
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 60% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
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Verse 1
Soon shall the trump of God/˘˘/˘/6A
Give out the welcome sound,//˘/˘/6B
That shakes death's silent chamber walls,˘///˘/˘/8C
And breaks the turf-sealed ground.˘/˘???/7B
Verse 2
You dwellers in the dust,˘/˘˘˘/6A
Awake, come forth, and sing;˘///˘/6B
Sharp has your frost been, but bright/˘˘/˘˘/7C
Shall rise a heavenly spring.˘/˘/˘˘/7B
Verse 3
'Twas sown in weakness here,//˘/˘/6A
'Twill then be raised in power;//˘/˘/˘7B
That which was sown an earthly seed˘˘˘/˘/˘/8C
Shall rise a heavenly flower.˘/˘/˘˘/˘8B
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.