SDA Hymnal 453
We Have Heard
Words: TraditionalMusic: TraditionalTune: WE HAVE HEARDC.M.D.
1We have heard from the bright, the holy, land;
We have heard, and our hearts are glad;
For we were a lonely pilgrim band,
And weary, and worn, and sad.
2They say green fields are waving there,
That never a blight shall know;
And the deserts wild are blooming fair,
And the roses of Sharon grow.
3We have heard of the palms, the robes, the crowns,
And the silvery band in white;
Of the city fair, with pearly gates,
All radiant with light.
4The King of that country, He is fair,
He's the joy and light of the place;
In His beauty we shall behold Him there,
And bask in His smiling face.
- Words
- Traditional
- Music
- Traditional
- Tune
- WE HAVE HEARD
- Meter
- C.M.D.
- Scripture
- Revelation 21:2-4; Revelation 7:9-10; Isaiah 35:1-2
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The verse
- Meter
- 10.9.9.7 · the hymnal prints C.M.D.
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 36% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABAB
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