"Lord, When You Came as Welcome Guest"

Near the beginning of the year, I noticed a few small features in the hymn "Lord, When You Came as Welcome Guest," sung to the tune "Land of Rest."  Here's the first phrase:

In the fourth verse, the text here is "Your daily mercies let them share."  "Share" is sung with a melisma (D C), and this gives a sense of its meaning since the word is "share[d]" between the two notes.

Here's the third musical phrase:

In the third verse, the text here is "This golden ring that none may break."  Here, "break" is sung with a melisma (D C), giving a sense of its meaning.

In the fourth verse, the text is "By this their vow divide their care."  "Care" is sung with the same melisma, and this gives a sense of its being "divide[d]."