{"slug": "alas-and-did-my-savior-bleed", "title": "Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed", "first_line": "Alas! and did my Savior bleed", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1707", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Passion", "Repentance", "Cross"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Isaac Watts (1674-1748), \"Alas! and did my Savior bleed,\" from Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707). Text from The Cyber Hymnal (Watts verses; the \"At the cross\" refrain, a later addition by Ralph E. Hudson, is not included). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "A -- las! and did my Sav -- ior bleed And did my Sov -- 'reign die? Would He de -- vote that sa -- cred head For such a worm as I?", "prose": ["Alas! and did my Savior bleed", "And did my Sovereign die?", "Would He devote that sacred head", "For such a worm as I?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thy bod -- y slain, sweet Je -- sus, Thine, And bathed in its own blood, While all ex -- posed to wrath di -- vine, The glo -- rious Suf -- f'rer stood!", "prose": ["Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, Thine,", "And bathed in its own blood,", "While all exposed to wrath divine,", "The glorious Sufferer stood!"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned up -- on the tree? A -- maz -- ing pit -- y! grace un -- known! And love be -- yond de -- gree!", "prose": ["Was it for crimes that I had done", "He groaned upon the tree?", "Amazing pity! grace unknown!", "And love beyond degree!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Well might the sun in dark -- ness hide And shut his glo -- ries in, When Christ, the might -- y Mak -- er died, For man the crea -- ture's sin.", "prose": ["Well might the sun in darkness hide", "And shut his glories in,", "When Christ, the mighty Maker died,", "For man the creature's sin."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Thus might I hide my blush -- ing face While His dear cross ap -- pears, Dis -- solve my heart in thank -- ful -- ness, And melt my eyes to tears.", "prose": ["Thus might I hide my blushing face", "While His dear cross appears,", "Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,", "And melt my eyes to tears."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "But drops of grief can ne'er re -- pay The debt of love I owe: Here, Lord, I give my -- self a -- way 'Tis all that I can do.", "prose": ["But drops of grief can ne'er repay", "The debt of love I owe:", "Here, Lord, I give myself away", "'Tis all that I can do."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}