{"slug": "tis-midnight-and-on-olives-brow", "title": "'Tis Midnight, and on Olive's Brow", "first_line": "'Tis Midnight, and on Olive's Brow", "author": "william-bingham-tappan", "author_date": "1822", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Passion", "Cross", "Lent"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "William B. Tappan, \"'Tis Midnight, and on Olive's Brow\" (Gethsemane), 1822; L.M. Tappan d. 1849 \u2014 US public domain by pre-1931 publication. Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "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 suffering Savior prays alone."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "'Tis mid -- night, and from all re -- moved The Sav -- ior wres -- tles lone with fears; E'en the dis -- ci -- ple that He loved Heeds not his Mas -- ter's grief and tears.", "prose": ["'Tis midnight, and from all removed", "The Savior wrestles lone with fears;", "E'en the disciple that He loved", "Heeds not his Master's grief and tears."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "'Tis mid -- night, and for oth -- ers' guilt The Man of Sor -- rows weeps in blood; Yet He that hath in an -- guish knelt Is not for -- sak -- en by His God.", "prose": ["'Tis midnight, and for others' guilt", "The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood;", "Yet He that hath in anguish knelt", "Is not forsaken by His God."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "'Tis mid -- night, and from e -- ther -- plains Is borne the song that an -- gels know Un -- heard by mor -- tals are the strains That sweet -- ly soothe the Sav -- ior's woe.", "prose": ["'Tis midnight, and from ether-plains", "Is borne the song 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."}