The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3318

3318. Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray

1. Jesu, grant me this, I pray,
Ever in Thy heart to stay;
Let me evermore abide
Hidden in Thy wounded side.

2. If the evil one prepare,
Or the world, a tempting snare,
I am safe when I abide
In Thy heart and wounded side.

3. If the flesh, more dangerous still,
Tempt my soul to deeds of ill,
Naught I fear when I abide
In Thy heart and wounded side.

4. Death will come one day to me;
Jesu, cast me not from Thee:
Dying let me still abide
In Thy heart and wounded side.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesu, grant me this, I pray
• Title: Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray
• Latin Title: Dignare me, O Jesu, rogo Te
• Author: Anonymous (before 1754)
• Translator (from Latin): Henry W. Baker
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CANTERBURY
• Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1623)
• Meter: 77.77
• Incipit: 34562 23567 16653
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain