SDA Hymnal 680
Holy Spirit, Hear Us
Tune: ERNSTEIN
1Holy Spirit, hear us;
Help us while we sing;
Breath into the music
Of the praise we bring.
2Holy Spirit, prompt us
When we kneel to pray;
Nearer come, and teach us
What we ought to say.
3Holy Spirit, shine Thou
On the Book we read;
Gild it's holy pages
With the light we need.
- Tune
- ERNSTEIN
The verse
- Meter
- 6.5.6.5
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 79% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Holy Spirit, hear us;/˘/˘/˘6A
Help us while we sing;/˘/˘/5B
Breath into the music//˘˘/˘6C
Of the praise we bring.˘˘/˘/5B
Verse 2
Holy Spirit, prompt us/˘/˘/˘6A
When we kneel to pray;/˘/˘/5B
Nearer come, and teach us/˘/˘/˘6A
What we ought to say.˘˘/˘/5B
Verse 3
Holy Spirit, shine Thou/˘/˘//6A
On the Book we read;˘˘/˘/5B
Gild it's holy pages///˘/˘6C
With the light we need.˘˘/˘/5D
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.