{"slug": "the-head-that-once-was-crowned-with-thorns", "title": "The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns", "first_line": "The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns", "author": "thomas-kelly", "author_date": "1820", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Ascension", "Christ the King", "Praise"], "scripture": ["Hebrews 2:9"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Thomas Kelly (1769-1855), \"The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns,\" from Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture (1820). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. Author d. 1855; US public domain by pre-1931 publication. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "The head that once was crowned with thorns Is crowned with glo -- ry now; A roy -- al di -- a -- dem a -- dorns The might -- y Vic -- tor's brow.", "prose": ["The head that once was crowned with thorns", "Is crowned with glory now;", "A royal diadem adorns", "The mighty Victor's brow."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The high -- est place that heav'n af -- fords Is His, is His by right, The King of kings, and Lord of lords, And heav'n's e -- ter -- nal Light;", "prose": ["The highest place that heav'n affords", "Is His, is His by right,", "The King of kings, and Lord of lords,", "And heav'n's eternal Light;"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The joy of all who dwell a -- bove, The joy of all be -- low, To whom He man -- i -- fests His love, And grants His name to know.", "prose": ["The joy of all who dwell above,", "The joy of all below,", "To whom He manifests His love,", "And grants His name to know."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "To them the cross, with all its shame, With all its grace, is giv'n; Their name an ev -- er -- last -- ing name, Their joy the joy of heav'n.", "prose": ["To them the cross, with all its shame,", "With all its grace, is giv'n;", "Their name an everlasting name,", "Their joy the joy of heav'n."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "They suf -- fer with their Lord be -- low, They reign with Him a -- bove, Their prof -- it and their joy to know The mys -- t'ry of His love.", "prose": ["They suffer with their Lord below,", "They reign with Him above,", "Their profit and their joy to know", "The myst'ry of His love."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "The cross He bore is life and health, Though shame and death to Him; His peo -- ple's hope, His peo -- ple's wealth, Their ev -- er -- last -- ing theme.", "prose": ["The cross He bore is life and health,", "Though shame and death to Him;", "His people's hope, His people's wealth,", "Their everlasting theme."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}