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    Help/my heart burdened be

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    Help/my heart burdened be
    Message from fearnot posted on 21-06-2017 at 12:01:43 (D | E | F)
    Hello,
    Please tell me about the grammar structure of this sentence (from the song "You Raise Me Up"):
    "When troubles come and my heart burdened be"
    (I don't understand "my heart burdened be").
    Please help!

    "You Raise Me Up"

    When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary,
    When troubles come and my heart burdened be
    Then I am still and wait here in the silence
    Until you come and sit awhile with me.

    You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains.
    You raise me up to walk on stormy seas.
    I am strong when I am on your shoulders.
    You raise me up to more than I can be

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    Edited by lucile83 on 21-06-2017 22:39



    Re: Help/my heart burdened be from soleimany, posted on 21-06-2017 at 12:51:52 (D | E)
    Hi..in my eye it simply means my heart is burdened..in a quite old fashion.be is used there for rhyming with me.
    Yours truly



    Re: Help/my heart burdened be from fearnot, posted on 21-06-2017 at 13:01:10 (D | E)
    Thank you very much for your answer!



    Re: Help/my heart burdened be from mah, posted on 26-06-2017 at 02:33:48 (D | E)
    Hi
    I do agree with my dear friend's answer. Best regards



    Re: Help/my heart burdened be from dsmith, posted on 02-07-2017 at 02:03:17 (D | E)
    Hello,
    They are correct above in their response. The sentence of the song is not grammatically correct...it's written this way for the poetry only.
    It means "my heart is burdened"



    Re: Help/my heart burdened be from porkchops, posted on 02-07-2017 at 02:35:03 (D | E)
    Hello dsmith,
    I don't think it's correct to say that "be" is not grammatically correct. This is the subjunctive mood (be = present tense) used in a poetic way. I agree that the subjunctive mood is not common in everyday speaking, it is used in formal or poetic texts quite often.




    Re: Help/my heart burdened be from fearnot, posted on 02-07-2017 at 16:40:29 (D | E)
    Thank you very much for all your answers!




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