Jeremiah 2:13: Ah! Lord, with late regret I own

Ah! Lord, with late regret I own,
I have.the double evil done.
Forsook the Spring of life and peace,
And toil'd for earthly happiness:
But what in them I sought with pain,
I could not from the creatures gain.
The cisterns which my folly hew'd
They would not hold one drop of good.

Now for my double sin I grieve,
Again the broken cisterns leave;
Again I after Thee would go,
And gasp Thy only love to know:
Fountain of true felicity,
Eternal God, spring up in me,
And fiU'd with life, and love, and power.
My heart shall never wander more.