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| Stanza | Denson | Cooper | ||||
| 1 |
Come, O thou traveller unknown, Whom still I hold, but cannot see, My company before is gone, And I am left alone with thee, With thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day. |
Vernon 95, Stanza 1 |
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| 2 |
I need not tell thee who I am, My misery, or sin declare, Thyself hast call'd me by my name, Look on thy hands, and read it there, But who, I ask thee, who art thou, Tell me thy name, and tell me now? |
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| 3 |
In vain thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold: Art thou the man that died for me? The secret of thy love unfold; Wrestling I will not let thee go, Till I thy name, thy nature know. |
Vernon 95, Stanza 2 |
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| 4 |
Wilt thou not yet to me reveal Thy new, unutterable name? Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell, To know it now resolv'd I am; Wrestling I will not let thee go, Till I thy name, thy nature know. |
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| 5 |
Tis all in vain to hold thy tongue, Or touch the hollow of my thigh: Though every sinew be unstrung, Out of my arms thou shalt not fly; Wrestling I will not let thee go, Till I thy name, thy nature know. |
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| 6 |
What tho' my shrinking flesh complain, And murmur to contend so long, I rise superior to my pain, When I am weak then I am strong, And when my all of strength shall fail, I shall with the God-man prevail. |
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| 7 |
My strength is gone, my nature dies, I sink beneath thy weighty hand, Faint to revive, and fall to rise; I fall, and yet by faith I stand, I stand, and will not let thee go, Till I thy name, thy nature know. |
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| 8 |
Yield to me now-for I am weak; But confident in self-despair: Speak to my heart, in blessings speak, Be conquer'd by my instant prayer, Speak, or thou never hence shalt move, And tell me, if thy name is love. |
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| 9 |
Tis love, 'tis love! Thou diedst for me, I hear thy whisper in my heart. The morning breaks, the shadows flee: Pure UNIVERSAL LOVE thou art, To me, to all thy bowels move, Thy nature, and thy name is love. |
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| 10 |
My prayer hath power with God; the grace Unspeakable I now receive, Thro' faith I see thee face to face, I see thee face to face, and live: In vain I have not wept, and strove, Thy nature, and thy name is love. |
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| 11 |
I know thee, Saviour, who thou art, Jesus, the feeble sinner's friend; Nor wilt thou with the night depart, But stay, and love me to the end; Thy mercies never shall remove, Thy nature, and thy name is love. |
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| 12 |
The Sun of righteousness on me Hath rose with healing in his wings, Wither'd my nature's strength; from thee My soul its life and succour brings, My help is all laid up above; Thy nature, and thy name is love. |
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| 13 |
Contented now upon my thigh I halt, till life's short journey end; All helplesness, all weakness I, On thee alone for strength depend, Nor have I power, from thee, to move; Thy nature, and thy name is love. |
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| 14 |
Lame as I am, I take the prey, Hell, earth, and sin with ease o'ercome; I leap for joy, pursue my way, And as a bounding hart fly home, Thro' all eternity to prove Thy nature, and thy name is love. |
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