It is Good to be Here
John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)
1 Let me dwell on Golgotha,
Weep and love my life away!
While I see him on the tree,
Weep, and bleed, and die for me!
2 That dear blood for sinners spilt,
Shews my sin in all its guilt;
Ah, my soul, he bore the load,
Thou hast slain the Lamb of God.
3 Hark! his dying word,"Forgive,
Father, let the sinner live:
Sinner wipe thy tears away,
I thy ransom freely pay."
4 While I hear this grace revealed;
And obtain a pardon sealed,
All my soft affections move,
Wakened by the force of love.
5 Farewell, world, thy gold is dross;
Now I see the bleeding cross;
Jesus died to set me free
From the law, and sin and thee!
6 He has dearly bought my soul,
Lord, accept and claim the whole!
To thy will I all resign,
Now, no more my own, but thine.
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Submitted by ebsanders2006 on February 06, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCC DDXX EEBB FFEE GGCA HHII |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 177 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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