The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15872

15872. Return, My Roving Heart, Return

1 Return, my roving heart, return,
And chase these shadowy forms no more;
Seek out some solitude to mourn,
And thy forsaken God implore.

2 Wisdom and pleasure dwell at home;
Retired and silent, seek them there:
True conquest is ourselves t’o’ercome,
True strength to break the tempter’s snare.

3 And Thou, my God, whose piercing eye
Distinct surveys each deep recess,
In these abstracted hours draw nigh,
And with Thy presence fill the place.

4 Thro’ all the mazes of my heart,
My search let heav’nly wisdom guide,
And still its radiant beams impart,
Till all be searched, and purified.

5 Then with the visits of Thy love,
Vouchsafe my inmost soul to cheer;
Till every grace shall join to prove
That God hath fixed His dwelling there.

Text Information

• First Line: Return, my roving heart, return
• Title: Return, My Roving Heart, Return
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures by Job Orton, Shropshire: Joshua Eddowes and John Cotton, 1755
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: ALLMÄCHTIGER GOTT by Johann Crüger, ANGELUS by Georg Joseph, ARIZONA by Robert H. Earnshaw, BABYLON's STREAMS by Thomas Campion

Tune Information

• Name: WELTON
• Composer: Henri Abraham César Malan
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain