SDA Hymnal 686
Bless Thou the Gifts
Tune: CANONBURY
1Bless thou the gifts our hands have brought;
bless thou the work our hearts have planned.
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought;
the rest, O God, is in thy hand.
Amen.
- Tune
- CANONBURY
The verse
- Meter
- 9.9.9.8.2
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 43% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Bless thou the gifts our hands have brought;//˘//˘/˘/9A
bless thou the work our hearts have planned.//˘//˘/˘/9B
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought;/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/9A
the rest, O God, is in thy hand.˘/˘/˘˘//8B
Amen.˘/2C
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.