Text: | Come, O Thou Traveller unknown |
Author: | C. Wesley, 1707-1788 |
Tune: | CAREY'S |
Composer: | H. Carey, 1664 (?)-1743 |
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.
2 I need not tell Thee who I am,
My misery and sin declare;
Thyself hast called 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.
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.
4 Wilt Thou not yet to me reveal
Thy new, unutterable name?
Tell me, I still beseech Thee, tell;
To know it now resolved I am;
Wrestling, I will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy name, Thy nature know.
5 'Tis Love! 'tis Love! Thou diest 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 mercies move,
Thy nature and Thy name is Love.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, O Thou Traveller unknown |
Author: | C. Wesley, 1707-1788 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | Christ: Abiding with Believers; The Christian Life: Aspiration and Prayer; Presence, of Christ(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CAREY'S |
Composer: | H. Carey, 1664 (?)-1743 |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8 |
Key: | F Major or modal |