SDA Hymnal 496
Eternal Love, We Have No Good
Tune: ETERNAL LOVE
1Eternal Love, we have no good to bring Thee,
No single good of all our hands have wrought,
No worthy music have we found to sing Thee,
No jewelled word, no quick up soaring thought.
2And yet we come; and when our faith would falter
Show us, O Love, the quiet place of prayer,
The golden censer and the golden altar,
And the great angel waiting for us there.
- Tune
- ETERNAL LOVE
The verse
- Meter
- 11.11.11.10
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 59% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABAB
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Eternal Love, we have no good to bring Thee,˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//11A
No single good of all our hands have wrought,˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/11B
No worthy music have we found to sing Thee,˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//11A
No jewelled word, no quick up soaring thought.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/10B
Verse 2
And yet we come; and when our faith would falter˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘12A
Show us, O Love, the quiet place of prayer,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/10B
The golden censer and the golden altar,˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘11A
And the great angel waiting for us there.˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10B
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.