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J. H. Schein, 1586-1630

O Love, who formedst me to wear The im-age of Thy God-head here;

Who soughtest me with ten - der care Through all my wanderings wild and drear;

O Love, I give my - self to Thee, Thine ev-er, on-ly Thine to be.

2 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;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

3 0 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;

O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

4 O Love, who lovedst me for aye,

Who for my soul dost ever plead,
O Love, who didst that ransom pay
Whose power sufficeth in my stead;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

5 0 Love, who once shalt bid me rise
From out this dying life of ours;
O Love, who once o'er yonder skies
Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,

Thine ever, only Thine to be.

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2 Holy, holy, holy, all the saints adore Thee,

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

3 Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see:
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love and purity.

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