Religion
Hymns for Love, 5
From Hymns for Love · Osborn ed., vol. 8 (1870)
Religion
I What shall I do to love Thee,
Who perfect goodness art?
Let Thy own nature move Thee
To tell my listening heart:
To Thee its pining anguish.
Its every wish is known;
In life, in death, I languish
To love my God alone.
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