{"slug": "when-i-survey-the-wondrous-cross", "title": "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "first_line": "When I survey the wondrous cross", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1707", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Cross", "Christ, Passion of", "Consecration"], "scripture": ["Galatians 6:14"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "watts-hymns-1707", "source_kind": "hand_encoded", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Isaac Watts, 1707. Author d. 1748.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "when_i_survey_the_wondrous_cross_watts", "total_instances": 2161}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "When I sur -- vey the won -- drous cross On which the Prince of Glo -- ry died, My rich -- est gain I count but loss, And pour con -- tempt on all my pride.", "prose": ["When I survey the wondrous cross", "On which the Prince of Glory died,", "My richest gain I count but loss,", "And pour contempt on all my pride."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "For -- bid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ my God! All the vain things that charm me most, I sac -- ri -- fice them to His blood.", "prose": ["Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,", "Save in the death of Christ my God!", "All the vain things that charm me most,", "I sacrifice them to His blood."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sor -- row and love flow min -- gled down! Did e\u2019er such love and sor -- row meet, Or thorns com -- pose so rich a crown?", "prose": ["See from His head, His hands, His feet,", "Sorrow and love flow mingled down!", "Did e\u2019er such love and sorrow meet,", "Or thorns compose so rich a crown?"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "His dy -- ing crim -- son, like a robe, Spreads o\u2019er His bod -- y on the tree; Then I am dead to all the globe, And all the globe is dead to me.", "prose": ["His dying crimson, like a robe,", "Spreads o\u2019er His body on the tree;", "Then I am dead to all the globe,", "And all the globe is dead to me."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Were the whole realm of na -- ture mine, That were a pres -- ent far too small; Love so a -- maz -- ing, so di -- vine, De -- mands my soul, my life, my all.", "prose": ["Were the whole realm of nature mine,", "That were a present far too small;", "Love so amazing, so divine,", "Demands my soul, my life, my all."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}