Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Dead be my heart to all below
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: 333
Page Number: 362, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDead be my heart to all below,
To mortal joys and mortal carres;
To sensual bliss that charms us so,
Be dark, mine eyes, and deaf, my ears.
Lord, I renounce my carnal taste
Of the fair fruit that sinners prize:
Their paradise shall never waste
One thought of mine, but to despise.
All earthly joys are over-weigh'd
With mountains of vexatious care;
And where's the sweet that is not laid
A bait to some destructive snare?
Begone, for ever, mortal things!
Thou mighty mole-hill, earth farewell!
Angels aspire on lofty wings,
And leave the globe for ants to dwell.
Come heaven and fill my vast desires,
My soul pursues the sovereign good:
She was all made of heavenly fires,
Nor can she live on meaner food.