THY NAME IS SWEET
1. Thy name is
sweet as ointment poured forth;
Better Thy love
than wine. O draw Thou me!
If we but trace the
footsteps of the flock,
Brought in Thy
fellowship of love we'll be.
2. He's my Beloved,
I am His own love;
He draweth me,
pursue I after Him.
Fragrant as myrrh,
I'd hide Him in my heart;
Beauteous as henna,
I'd be clothed with Him.
3. Bathe in His
love, and of His fatness taste,
Lie on His breast, His
sweetness there enjoy;
His love the
banner, His affection shown
Tenderly soothes my
heart to purest joy.
4. Oh, my Beloved's
mine, and I am His;
I am a lily and my
Shepherd He;
May daybreak come,
the shadows flee away,
Him on the
mountains as a hart I'd see.
5. Come Thou, with
myrrh of death and frankincense
Of resurrection,
permeate my heart;
Awake, O north
wind, let the south wind come
Make my heart's
garden pleasant to His heart.
6. I'd be to Him a
dove that's undefiled,
As a pure lily in
His presence be,
His, wholly His,
the joy of all His joys,
He wholly mine, the
Song of songs to me.
7. Fair as the
moon, conformed to Him I'd be,
Clear as the sun,
unto His stature grown;
For my Beloved, all
to please His heart,
For my Beloved,
that His life be shown.
8 Thou art my life,
and I Thine image real;
Love in such union
is as death most strong,
Ne'er can it be
destroyed or e'er replaced
Till Thou on mounts
of spices come ere long.
|
|
