{"slug": "he-who-would-valiant-be", "title": "He Who Would Valiant Be", "first_line": "He who would valiant be 'gainst all disaster", "author": "john-bunyan", "author_date": "1684", "translator": "percy-dearmer", "translator_date": "1906", "foot": "dactylic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 5], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": true}, "topics": ["Pilgrimage", "Courage", "Faithfulness", "Christian Warfare"], "scripture": ["Hebrews 11:13", "2 Timothy 4:7"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "english-hymnal-1906", "source_kind": "hand_encoded", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Adapted by Percy Dearmer (1867-1936), 1906, from John Bunyan's pilgrim song 'Who Would True Valour See' (The Pilgrim's Progress, Part II, 1684). The 'He Who Would Valiant Be' form first appeared in The English Hymnal, 1906. All components pre-1929 and public domain in the US.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "He who would val -- iant be 'gainst all dis -- as -- ter, Let him in con -- stan -- cy fol -- low the Mas -- ter. There's no dis -- cour -- age -- ment shall make him once re -- lent His first a -- vowed in -- tent to be a pil -- grim.", "prose": ["He who would valiant be", "'gainst all disaster,", "Let him in constancy", "follow the Master.", "There's no discouragement", "shall make him once relent", "His first avowed intent", "to be a pilgrim."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Who so be -- set him round with dis -- mal stor -- ies Do but them -- selves con -- found his strength the more is. No foes shall stay his might; though he with gi -- ants fight, He will make good his right to be a pil -- grim.", "prose": ["Who so beset him round", "with dismal stories", "Do but themselves confound", "his strength the more is.", "No foes shall stay his might;", "though he with giants fight,", "He will make good his right", "to be a pilgrim."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Since, Lord, Thou dost de -- fend us with Thy Spir -- it, We know we at the end, shall life in -- her -- it. Then fan -- cies flee a -- way! I'll fear not what men say, I'll la -- bor night and day to be a pil -- grim.", "prose": ["Since, Lord, Thou dost defend", "us with Thy Spirit,", "We know we at the end,", "shall life inherit.", "Then fancies flee away!", "I'll fear not what men say,", "I'll labor night and day", "to be a pilgrim."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}