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SDA Hymnal 576

Awake, Awake to Love and Work

Tune: MORNING SONG

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1Awake, awake to love and work!
The lark is in the sky;
The fields are wet with diamond dew;
The worlds awake to cry
Their blessings on the Lord of life,
As He goes meekly by.

2Come, let thy voice be one with theirs,
Shout with their shout of praise;
See how the giant sun soars up,
Great lord of years and days!
So let the love of Jesus come
And set thy soul ablaze.

3To give and give, and give again,
What God hath given thee;
To spend thyself nor count the cost;
To serve right gloriously
The God who gave all worlds that are,
And all that are to be.

The verse

Meter
8.6.8.6.8.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 71% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCBDB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Awake, awake to love and work!˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
The lark is in the sky;˘/˘˘˘/6B
The fields are wet with diamond dew;˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
The worlds awake to cry˘/˘/˘/6B
Their blessings on the Lord of life,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8D
As He goes meekly by.˘˘//˘˘6B

Verse 2

Come, let thy voice be one with theirs,////˘/˘/8A
Shout with their shout of praise;/˘˘/˘/6B
See how the giant sun soars up,//˘/˘//˘8C
Great lord of years and days!//˘/˘/6B
So let the love of Jesus come˘/˘/˘/˘/8D
And set thy soul ablaze.˘///˘/6B

Verse 3

To give and give, and give again,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
What God hath given thee;˘///˘/6B
To spend thyself nor count the cost;˘///˘/˘/8C
To serve right gloriously˘///˘˘˘7D
The God who gave all worlds that are,˘/˘///˘˘8E
And all that are to be.˘/˘˘˘˘6B

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.