{"slug": "let-us-with-a-gladsome-mind", "title": "Let Us with a Gladsome Mind", "first_line": "Let Us with a Gladsome Mind", "author": "john-milton", "author_date": "1623", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 7, 7, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Praise", "Thanksgiving", "Providence"], "scripture": ["Psalm 136"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "John Milton (1608\u20131674), \"Let us with a gladsome mind,\" a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 136 written in 1623; long in the public domain (the standard hymnal text, as in The Cyber Hymnal). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Let us with a glad -- some mind Praise the Lord, for He is kind; For His mer -- cies shall en -- dure, Ev -- er faith -- ful, ev -- er sure.", "prose": ["Let us with a gladsome mind", "Praise the Lord, for He is kind;", "For His mercies shall endure,", "Ever faithful, ever sure."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Let us blaze His name a -- broad, For of gods He is the God; For His mer -- cies shall en -- dure, Ev -- er faith -- ful, ev -- er sure.", "prose": ["Let us blaze His name abroad,", "For of gods He is the God;", "For His mercies shall endure,", "Ever faithful, ever sure."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "He, with all com -- mand -- ing might, Filled the new made world with light; For His mer -- cies shall en -- dure, Ev -- er faith -- ful, ev -- er sure.", "prose": ["He, with all commanding might,", "Filled the new made world with light;", "For His mercies shall endure,", "Ever faithful, ever sure."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "All things liv -- ing He doth feed, His full hand sup -- plies their need; For His mer -- cies shall en -- dure, Ev -- er faith -- ful, ev -- er sure.", "prose": ["All things living He doth feed,", "His full hand supplies their need;", "For His mercies shall endure,", "Ever faithful, ever sure."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Let us then with glad -- some mind, Praise the Lord, for He is kind; For His mer -- cies shall en -- dure, Ev -- er faith -- ful, ev -- er sure.", "prose": ["Let us then with gladsome mind,", "Praise the Lord, for He is kind;", "For His mercies shall endure,", "Ever faithful, ever sure."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}