O Love, who formedst me to wear

Verse 1

O Love, who formedst me to wear the image of thy Godhead here; who soughtest me with tender care through all my wanderings wild and drear; O Love, I give myself to thee, thine ever, only thine to be.

Verse 2

O Love, who ere life’s earliest dawn on me thy choice hast gently laid; O Love, who here as Man wast born, And wholly like to us wast made: O Love, I give myself to thee, thine ever, only thine to be.

Verse 3

O Love, who once in time wast slain, pierced through and through with bitter woe; O Love, who wrestling thus didst gain that we eternal joy might know: O Love, I give myself to thee, thine ever, only thine to be.

Verse 4

O Love, who once shalt bid me rise from out this dying life of ours; O Love, who once o’er yonder skies shalt set me in the fadeless bowers; O Love, I give myself to thee, thine ever, only thine to be.