{"slug": "o-for-a-closer-walk-with-god", "title": "O for a Closer Walk with God", "first_line": "O for a closer walk with God", "author": "william-cowper", "author_date": "1772", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Consecration", "Communion with God"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "William Cowper, \"O for a closer walk with God,\" written 1772, published in the Olney Hymns (London, 1779). Cowper d. 1800; all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O for a clos -- er walk with God, A calm and heav'n -- ly frame, A light to shine up -- on the road That leads me to the Lamb!", "prose": ["O for a closer walk with God,", "A calm and heav'nly frame,", "A light to shine upon the road", "That leads me to the Lamb!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Where is the bless -- ed -- ness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul -- re -- fresh -- ing view Of Je -- sus and His Word?", "prose": ["Where is the blessedness I knew", "When first I saw the Lord?", "Where is the soul-refreshing view", "Of Jesus and His Word?"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Re -- turn, O ho -- ly Dove, re -- turn, Sweet mes -- sen -- ger of rest; I hate the sins that made Thee mourn, And drove Thee from my breast.", "prose": ["Return, O holy Dove, return,", "Sweet messenger of rest;", "I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,", "And drove Thee from my breast."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The dear -- est i -- dol I have known, What -- e'er that i -- dol be, Help me to tear it from Thy throne, And wor -- ship on -- ly Thee.", "prose": ["The dearest idol I have known,", "Whate'er that idol be,", "Help me to tear it from Thy throne,", "And worship only Thee."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and se -- rene my frame; So pur -- er light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.", "prose": ["So shall my walk be close with God,", "Calm and serene my frame;", "So purer light shall mark the road", "That leads me to the Lamb."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}