1 O Love, who formedest me to wear The image of Thy Godhead here; Who soughtest me with tender care Thro’ all my wand'rings wild and drear-- O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine to be. 2 O Love, who ere life’s earliest dawn On me Thy choice hast gently laid; O Love, who here as man wast born, And like to us in all things made-- O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine to be. 3 O Love, who once in time wast slain, Pierced thro' and thro' 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 lovest 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 O Love, whose voice shalt bid me rise From out this dying life of ours; O Love, who once above yon skies Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers-- O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine to be.