Hymn
Daughter of Zion
Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness;
Awake, for thy foes shall oppress thee no more.
Bright, o'er thy hills, dawns the day star of gladness,
Arise, for the night of thy sorrow is o'er.
Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness;
Awake, for thy foes shall oppress thee no more.
Strong were thy foes; but the arm that subdued them,
And scattered their legions, was mightier far;
They fled like the chaff from the scourge that pursued them;
In vain were their steeds and their chariots of war.
Daughter of Zion, the power that hath saved thee,
Extolled with the harp and the timbrel shall be;
Shout: for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee;
Th' oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free.
Daughter of Zion — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/daughter-of-zion
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Is Daughter of Zion public domain?
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What is the metre of Daughter of Zion?
Daughter of Zion is in 11.11.11.11. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, I Would Not Live Alway, My Jesus, I Love Thee and The Lord Is My Shepherd.