SDA Hymnal 450
Beautiful Zion
Words: TraditionalMusic: TraditionalTune: BEAUTIFUL ZION7.6.7.6
1Beautiful Zion, built above,
Beautiful city that I love;
RefrainBeautiful gates of pearly white,
Beautiful rivers clear and bright,
Beautiful robes the ransomed wear,
Beautiful temple, God its light,
Beautiful fountains never dry,
Beautiful all who enter there.
2Beautiful trees forever there,
Beautiful fruit they always bear;
3Beautiful crowns on every brow,
Beautiful palms the conquerors show;
- Words
- Traditional
- Music
- Traditional
- Tune
- BEAUTIFUL ZION
- Meter
- 7.6.7.6
- Scripture
- Revelation 21:2; Revelation 21:21; Revelation 22:1-2
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 8.8 · the hymnal prints 7.6.7.6
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 45% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AA
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Beautiful Zion, built above,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Beautiful city that I love;/˘˘/˘˘˘/8A
Verse 2
Beautiful trees forever there,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Beautiful fruit they always bear;/˘˘/˘///8A
Verse 3
Beautiful crowns on every brow,/˘˘/˘/˘˘/9A
Beautiful palms the conquerors show;/˘˘/˘/˘˘/9B
Refrain
Beautiful gates of pearly white,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Beautiful rivers clear and bright,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Beautiful robes the ransomed wear,/˘˘/˘/˘/8B
Beautiful temple, God its light,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Beautiful fountains never dry,/˘˘/˘/˘/8C
Beautiful all who enter there./˘˘/˘/˘/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.