Luke 7:38: While He sits at meat, reclined

While He sits at meat, reclined,
Looking for that inward meat,
Penitent, she stands behind,
Falls, to wash and kiss His feet;
Waters them with copious showers
From the fountains of her eyes.
Richer than the oil she pours,
More accepted sacrifice.

Thus may I with faith sincere
Holy, self-abhorring shame.
Trembling to my Lord draw near,
Bring Him all I have, and am;
All my sinfulness confess,
Never from His feet remove,
Quite o'erwhelm'd with pardoning grace,
Swallow'd up in grief and love.