Song: Wilt Thou Take Me for Thy Slave?

WILT thou take me for thy slave,
With my folly and my love ?
Wilt thou take me for the bondsman of thy pride ?
Thou who dearer art to me than all the world beside ;
For I love thee as no other man can love.
Wilt thou take me to thy soul,
For the truth which thou shalt prove ?
Wilt thou clothe me with the riches of thy care ?
Thou who dearer art to me than gold and jewels rare ;
For I love thee as no other man can love.
Wilt thou take me for thy king,

While the sun and stars shall move ?
Wilt thou pay me back the homage I have given ?
Oh thou dearer unto me than sun and stars and heaven !
For I love thee as no other man can love.