Thee Will I Love, My Strength, My Tower (Wesley) (EN 591)

EN 591 Thee Will I Love, My Strength, My Tower (Wesley)

Ps.18.1

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Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tower,

Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown,

Thee will I love with all my power,

In all Thy works, and Thee alone;

Thee will I love, till the pure fire

Fill my whole soul with chaste desire.

2

Ah, why did I so late Thee know,

Thee, lovelier than the sons of men!

Ah, why did I no sooner go

To Thee, the only ease in pain!

Ashamed, I sigh, and inly mourn,

That I so late to Thee did turn.

3

In darkness willingly I strayed,

I sought Thee, yet from Thee I roved;

Far wide my wandering thoughts were spread,

Thy creatures more than Thee I loved;

And now if more at length I see,

’Tis through Thy light and comes from Thee.

4

I thank Thee, uncreated Sun,

That Thy bright beams on me have shined;

I thank Thee, who hast overthrown

My foes, and healed my wounded mind;

I thank Thee, whose enlivening voice

Bids my freed heart in Thee rejoice.

5

Uphold me in the doubtful race,

Nor suffer me again to stray;

Strengthen my feet with steady pace

Still to press forward in Thy way;

My soul and flesh, O Lord of might,

Fill, satiate, with Thy heavenly light.

6

Give to mine eyes refreshing tears,

Give to my heart chaste, hallowed fires,

Give to my soul, with filial fears,

The love that all Heaven’s host inspires;

That all my powers, with all their might,

In Thy sole glory may unite.

7

Thee will I love, my joy, my crown,

Thee will I love, my Lord, my God;

Thee will I love, beneath Thy frown,

Or smile, Thy scepter, or Thy rod;

What though my flesh and heart decay?

Thee shall I love in endless day!

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