{"slug": "tis-midnight-and-on-olive-s-brow", "title": "'Tis Midnight and On Olive's Brow", "first_line": "'Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow The star is", "author": "william-bingham-tappan", "author_date": "1869", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Atonement", "Blood", "Bread (of Life/Daily Bread)", "Easter Week", "Passion"], "scripture": ["1 Corinthians 11:23-26", "Romans 3:23-25", "Matthew 26:26-28", "Mark 14:22-25"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:97; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1869).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "tis_midnight_and_on_olives_brow", "total_instances": 727}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "'Tis mid -- night, and on Ol -- ive's brow The star is dimmed that late -- ly shone; 'Tis mid -- night, in the gar -- den now The suf -- f'ring Sav -- ior prays a -- lone.", "prose": ["'Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow", "The star is dimmed that lately shone;", "'Tis midnight, in the garden now", "The suff'ring Savior prays alone."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "'Tis mid -- night, and from all re -- moved Im -- man -- uel wres -- tles, lone, with fears; E'en the dis -- ci -- ple whom He loved Heeds not his Mas -- ter's grief and tears.", "prose": ["'Tis midnight, and from all removed", "Immanuel wrestles, lone, with fears;", "E'en the disciple whom He loved", "Heeds not his Master's grief and tears."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "'Tis mid -- night, from the heav'n -- ly plains Are borne the songs that an -- gels know; Un -- heard by mor -- tals are the strains That sweet -- ly soothe the Sav -- ior's woe.", "prose": ["'Tis midnight, from the heav'nly plains", "Are borne the songs that angels know;", "Unheard by mortals are the strains", "That sweetly soothe the Savior's woe."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}