SDA Hymnal 426
I Shall See the King
Words: Charles H. GabrielMusic: Charles H. GabrielTune: I SHALL SEE THE KINGIrregular
1I shall see the King
Where the angels sing,
I shall see the King some day,
RefrainIn His glory, I shall see the King,
And forever endless praises sing;
'Twas on Calvary Jesus died for me,
I shall see the King some day.
2In the land of song,
In the glory throng,
Where there never comes a night,
3I shall see the King,
All my tributes bring,
And shall look up on His face;
- Words
- Charles H. Gabriel
- Music
- Charles H. Gabriel
- Meter
- Irregular
- Scripture
- Revelation 22:4; 1 John 3:2; Matthew 25:34
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The verse
- Meter
- 5.5.7
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 72% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
I shall see the King˘˘/˘/5A
Where the angels sing,/˘/˘/5A
I shall see the King some day,˘˘/˘///7B
Verse 2
In the land of song,˘˘/˘/5A
In the glory throng,˘˘/˘/5A
Where there never comes a night,///˘/˘/7B
Verse 3
I shall see the King,˘˘/˘/5A
All my tributes bring,/˘/˘/5A
And shall look up on His face;˘˘/˘˘˘/7B
Refrain
In His glory, I shall see the King,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/9A
And forever endless praises sing;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/9A
'Twas on Calvary Jesus died for me,/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘10B
I shall see the King some day.˘˘/˘///7C
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.