Analysis of Praise For Thee, Lord, in Zion Waits

Henry Francis Lyte 1793 (Ednam) – 1847 (Nice)



Praise for Thee, Lord, in Zion waits;
Prayer shall besiege Thy temple gates;
All flesh shall to Thy throne repair,
And find through Christ salvation there.

Our spirits faint; our sins prevail;
Leave not our trembling hearts to fail:
O Thou that hearest prayer, descend,
And still be found the sinner’s friend.

How blest Thy saints! how safely led!
How surely kept! how richly fed!
Savior of all in earth and sea,
How happy they who rest in Thee.

Thy hand sets fast the mighty hills,
Thy voice the troubled ocean stills;
Evening and morning hymn Thy praise,
And earthy Thou bounty wide displays.

The year is with Thy goodness crowned;
Thy clouds drop wealth the world around;
Through Thee the deserts laugh and sing,
And nature smiles and owns her King.

Lord, on our souls Thy Spirit pour;
The moral waste within restore;
O let Thy love our springtide be,
And make us all bear fruit to Thee.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKFF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11110101 11011101 11111101 01110101 1010110101 1110100111 1111101 01110101 11111101 11011101 10110101 11011101 11110101 11010101 10010111 010110101 01111101 11110101 11010101 01010101 111011101 01010101 11111011 01111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 877
Words 161
Sentences 11
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Francis Lyte

Henry Francis Lyte was an Anglican divine, hymnodist, and poet.  more…

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