{"slug": "begin-my-tongue-some-heavenly-theme", "title": "Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme", "first_line": "Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1707", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Praise", "Faithfulness", "Word of God"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Isaac Watts (1674-1748), \"Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme,\" from Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707). Text from The Cyber Hymnal (stanzas 1-5). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Be -- gin, my tongue, some heav'n -- ly theme And speak some bound -- less thing; The might -- y works, or might -- ier name Of our e -- ter -- nal king.", "prose": ["Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme", "And speak some boundless thing;", "The mighty works, or mightier name", "Of our eternal king."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Tell of His won -- drous faith -- ful -- ness And sound His pow'r a -- broad; Sing the sweet prom -- ise of His grace, And the per -- form -- ing God.", "prose": ["Tell of His wondrous faithfulness", "And sound His power abroad;", "Sing the sweet promise of His grace,", "And the performing God."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Pro -- claim sal -- va -- tion from the Lord For wretch -- ed, dy -- ing men; His hand has writ the sa -- cred word With an im -- mor -- tal pen.", "prose": ["Proclaim salvation from the Lord", "For wretched, dying men;", "His hand has writ the sacred word", "With an immortal pen."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "En -- graved as in e -- ter -- nal brass The might -- y prom -- ise shines; Nor can the pow'rs of dark -- ness rase Those ev -- er -- last -- ing lines.", "prose": ["Engraved as in eternal brass", "The mighty promise shines;", "Nor can the powers of darkness rase", "Those everlasting lines."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "He that can dash whole worlds to death, And make them when He please, He speaks, and that al -- might -- y breath Ful -- fills His great de -- crees.", "prose": ["He that can dash whole worlds to death,", "And make them when He please,", "He speaks, and that almighty breath", "Fulfills His great decrees."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}