Analysis of Hymns For Ordination and Installation VII
John Pierpont 1785 (Litchfield) – 1866 (Medford)
'On earth be peace!'-O God, that word
To our ears comes not, as it came,
When by Judea's shepherds heard
From opening skies and lips of flame.
Yet 't is thy word, when mortal tongue
Makes it the burden of a hymn,
Not less than when, of old, it rung
From golden harps of cherubim.
What though heaven's gates no more expand,
And heavenly hosts their hymning cease!
On earth thine humbler servants stand,
In humbler temples, 'preaching peace.'
Peace to the passions, when they show
Resistance to thy wise control;
Peace to all fears, but those which go
In arms against a sinful soul.
Peace may thy servant preach, who now
Comes, as a herald of thy grace,
To lead thy people when they bow
In worship, in this holy place.
Beneath his care and labors, Lord,
O, grant thy vineyard large increase;
And may a crown, as his reward,
Be given him by the Prince of Peace.
Scheme | ABAB CXCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JEJE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 11111111 110111111 111101 110010111 111111101 11010101 11111111 110111 111011101 01001111 111100101 010010101 11010111 01011101 11111111 01010101 11110111 11010111 11110111 01001101 01110101 11110101 01011101 110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 843 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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