O love that wilt not let me go

General information

Lyricist: George Matheson.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Joseph Barnby — O love that wilt not let me go (I)  English SATB
• Joseph Barnby — O love that wilt not let me go (II)  English SATB

Original text and translations

English text 1  O love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be. 2  O light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; my heart restores its borrowed ray, that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day may brighter, fairer be.

3  O joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, and feel the promise is not vain that morn shall tearless be. 4  O cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life’s glory dead, and from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be.