{"slug": "deck-thyself-my-soul-with-gladness", "title": "Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness", "first_line": "Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness", "author": "johann-franck", "author_date": "1649", "translator": "catherine-winkworth", "translator_date": "1863", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Communion", "The Lord's Supper", "Aspiration"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Johann Franck, \"Schm\u00fccke dich, o liebe Seele\" (1649); English translation \"Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness\" by Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878), The Chorale Book for England (1863). Standard four-stanza selection; text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Deck thy -- self, my soul, with glad -- ness, Leave the gloo -- my haunts of sad -- ness; Come in -- to the day -- light's splen -- dor, There with joy thy prais -- es ren -- der Un -- to Him whose grace un -- bound -- ed Hath this won -- drous ban -- quet found -- ed; High o'er all the heav'ns He reign -- eth, Yet to dwell with thee He deign -- eth.", "prose": ["Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness,", "Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness;", "Come into the daylight's splendor,", "There with joy thy praises render", "Unto Him whose grace unbounded", "Hath this wondrous banquet founded;", "High o'er all the heav'ns He reigneth,", "Yet to dwell with thee He deigneth."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Has -- ten as a bride to meet Him, And with lov -- ing rev -- 'rence greet Him; For with words of life im -- mor -- tal Now He knock -- eth at thy por -- tal. Haste to ope the gates be -- fore Him, Say -- ing, while thou dost a -- dore Him, Suf -- fer, Lord, that I re -- ceive Thee, And I nev -- er -- more will leave Thee.", "prose": ["Hasten as a bride to meet Him,", "And with loving reverence greet Him;", "For with words of life immortal", "Now He knocketh at thy portal.", "Haste to ope the gates before Him,", "Saying, while thou dost adore Him,", "Suffer, Lord, that I receive Thee,", "And I nevermore will leave Thee."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "He who craves a pre -- cious treas -- ure Nei -- ther cost nor pain will meas -- ure; But the price -- less gifts of heav -- en God to us hath free -- ly giv -- en. Though the wealth of earth were of -- fered, Naught would buy the gifts here of -- fered: Christ's true bod -- y, for thee riv -- en, And His blood, for thee once giv -- en.", "prose": ["He who craves a precious treasure", "Neither cost nor pain will measure;", "But the priceless gifts of heaven", "God to us hath freely given.", "Though the wealth of earth were offered,", "Naught would buy the gifts here offered:", "Christ's true body, for thee riven,", "And His blood, for thee once given."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus, Bread of Life, I pray Thee, Let me glad -- ly here o -- bey Thee; Nev -- er to my hurt in -- vit -- ed, Be Thy love with love re -- quit -- ed; From this ban -- quet let me meas -- ure, Lord, how vast and deep its treas -- ure; Through the gifts Thou here dost give me, As Thy guest in heav'n re -- ceive me.", "prose": ["Jesus, Bread of Life, I pray Thee,", "Let me gladly here obey Thee;", "Never to my hurt invited,", "Be Thy love with love requited;", "From this banquet let me measure,", "Lord, how vast and deep its treasure;", "Through the gifts Thou here dost give me,", "As Thy guest in heav'n receive me."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}