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Text:O, touch my heart, and bring to mind
Translator:John Brownlie

36. O, touch my heart, and bring to mind

I
O, touch my heart, and bring to mind
The sin I should deplore;
And give me grace, Thou God most kind,
That I may sin no more.

II
O, touch my heart till tears run fast,
In penitence sincere;
And may the memories of the past
Teach me to walk in fear.

III
For I have strayed, and Thou hast sought,
And I have strayed again;
O, may the wanderer Thou hast brought
Within Thy fold remain.

IV
O, touch my heart, till love arise,
And claim me for Thine own;
Then shall I learn with glad surprise,
That I am Thine alone.

V
For love knows no divided heart,
Nor grudges service given;
But gives the life in every part,
And serves in earth and heaven.

Text Information
First Line: O, touch my heart, and bring to mind
Title: O, touch my heart, and bring to mind
Translator: John Brownlie (1907)
Meter: 8,6,8,6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1907
Topic: Aspirations
Notes: Public Domain.
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