Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Dead be my heart to all below
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 293
Page Number: 274, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDead be my heart to all below,
To mortal joys and mortal cares;
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 should 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.