Written by: William Cowper.  Born November 26, 1731-April 25, 1800.

(He is regarded as one of the best early Romantic poets.)

“I Love My God, But With No Love of Mine”

“I love my God, but with no love of mine, For I have none to give.

I love Thee, Lord, but all the love is Thine, For by Thy life I live:

I am as nothing, and rejoice to be

Emptied, and lost, and swallow’d up in Thee.

 

Thou, Lord, alone art all Thy children need,

And there is none beside:

From Thee the streams of blessedness proceed,

In Thee the blest abide:

Fountain of life,

And all-abounding grace,

Our Source, our Centre, and our Dwelling~place.