Analysis of O, This Is Blessing, This Is Rest
Anna Laetitia Waring 1823 (Neath) – 1910
O, this is blessing, this is rest
Unto Thine arms, O Lord, I flee:
I hide me in Thy faithful breast,
And pour out all my soul to Thee.
There is a host dissuading me,
But, all their voices far above,
I hear Thy words — “O taste and see
The comfort of a Savior's love.
And, hushing every adverse sound,
Songs of defence my soul surround,
As if all saints encamped about
One trusting heart pursued by doubt,
And O, how solemn, yet how sweet
Their one assured, persuasive strain!
The Lord of hosts is thy retreat,
The Man who bore thy sin, thy pain.
Still in His hand thy times remain
Still of his body thou art part;
And He will prove his right to reig
O'er all things that concern thy heart.
O tenderness O truth divine!
Lord, I am altogether thine.
I have bowed down I need not flee
Peace, peace is mine in trusting Thee.
And now I count supremely kind,
The rule that once I thought severe;
And, precious to my altered mind,
At length, Thy least reproofs appear.
Now to the love that casts out fear,
Mercy and truth, indeed seem one;
Why should I hold my ease so dear?
The work of training must be done,
I must be taught what I would know
I must be led where I would go
And all the rest ordained for me,
Till that which is not seen I see
Is to be found in trusting Thee.
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Metre | 11110111 10111111 11101101 01111111 110111 11110101 11111101 01010101 01100011 11011101 11110101 11010111 01110111 11010101 01111101 01111111 10111101 11110111 01111111 101110111 11001101 1110101 11111111 11110101 011101001 01111101 01011101 1111101 11011111 10010111 11111111 01110111 11111111 11111111 01010111 11111111 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,251 |
Words | 254 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12, 13 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 324 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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