O Love, Who Madest Me to Wear

O Love, who madest me to wear The image of Thy Godhead here; Who soughtest me with tender care Thro' all my wand'rings wild and drear, O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. 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 like to us in all things made, O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. 3. O Love, who once in time wast slain, Pierced thro' and thro' 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.

4. O Love, who thus hast bound me fast Beneath that easy yoke of Thine; Love, who hast conquered me at last, Enrapturing this heart of mine, O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. 5. O Love, who lovest me for aye, Who for my soul dost ever plead; O Love, who didst my ransom pay, Whose power sufficeth in my stead, O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be. 6. O Love, who once shalt bid me rise From out this dying life of ours; O Love, who once above yon skies Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers, O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine, to be.