Religion

Hymn II.106: Repentance at the cross

by Isaac Watts 1674–1748

From Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II (1707)

Religion

O, if my soul were formed for woe,
How would I vent my sighs!
Repentance should like rivers flow
From both my streaming eyes.

'Twas for my sins my dearest Lord
Hung on the cursed tree,
And groaned away a dying life
For thee, my soul, for thee.

O, how I hate those lusts of mine
That crucified my God!
Those sins that pierced and nailed his flesh
Fast to the fatal wood!

Yes, my Redeemer, they shall die,
My heart has so decreed;
Nor will I spare the guilty things
That made my Savior bleed.

Whilst, with a melting, broken heart,
My murdered Lord I view,
I'll raise revenge against my sins,
And slay the murd'rers too.

MLA

Watts, Isaac. “Hymn II.106: Repentance at the cross.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/611/.

Chicago

Watts, Isaac. “Hymn II.106: Repentance at the cross.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/611/.

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