{"slug": "amazing-grace", "title": "Amazing Grace", "first_line": "Amazing grace! how sweet the sound", "author": "john-newton", "author_date": "1779", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Grace", "Salvation", "Assurance"], "scripture": ["1 Chronicles 17:16-17"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "olney-hymns-1779", "source_kind": "gutenberg", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "John Newton, Olney Hymns, 1779. Author d. 1807.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "amazing_grace_how_sweet_the_sound", "total_instances": 1733}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "A -- maz -- ing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see.", "prose": ["Amazing grace! How sweet the sound", "That saved a wretch like me!", "I once was lost, but now am found;", "Was blind, but now I see."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears re -- lieved; How pre -- cious did that grace ap -- pear The hour I first be -- lieved.", "prose": ["'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,", "And grace my fears relieved;", "How precious did that grace appear", "The hour I first believed."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Through man -- y dan -- gers, toils and snares, I have al -- read -- y come; 'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.", "prose": ["Through many dangers, toils and snares,", "I have already come;", "'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,", "And grace will lead me home."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The Lord has prom -- ised good to me, His Word my hope se -- cures; He will my Shield and Por -- tion be, As long as life en -- dures.", "prose": ["The Lord has promised good to me,", "His Word my hope secures;", "He will my Shield and Portion be,", "As long as life endures."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mor -- tal life shall cease, I shall pos -- sess, with -- in the veil, A life of joy and peace.", "prose": ["Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,", "And mortal life shall cease,", "I shall possess, within the veil,", "A life of joy and peace."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}