O Lord, who formedst me to wear

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

O Love, who ere life's earliest morn
on me thy choice hast gently laid;
O Love, who here as man wast born,
and wholly like to us wast made: Refrain

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: Refrain

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: Refrain

O Love, whose voice shall bid me rise
from out this dying life of ours;
O Love, whose hand o'er yonder skies
shall set me in the fadeless bowers: Refrain

Words: John Scheffler, 1657;
trans. Catherine Winkworth, 1858

Music: Stella, Vox Domini, Christchurch, St. Matthias

Meter: 88 88 88

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