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SDA Hymnal 477

Come, Ye Disconsolate

Tune: CONSOLATOR

1Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish.
come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

2Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,
"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure."

3Here see the bread of life; waters flowing
forth from the throne of God, pure from above.
Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing
earth has no sorrow but heaven can remove.

Tune: CONSOLATOR
Also sung to: Come, ye disconsolate (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #420)

The verse

Meter: 12.10.11.11
Foot: dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 62% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABAB

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish.//???????//˘12A

come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel./˘˘/˘//˘˘/10B

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;//˘/˘///˘/˘11A

earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal./˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/11B

Verse 2

Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘11A

hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!/˘˘/˘˘???˘/11B

Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘11A

"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure."/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/11B

Verse 3

Here see the bread of life; waters flowing//˘/˘//˘/˘10A

forth from the throne of God, pure from above./˘˘/˘//˘˘/10B

Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing/˘˘/˘///˘/˘11A

earth has no sorrow but heaven can remove./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/11C

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.