Thee Will I Love My Strength My Tower [#TheeWillILoveMyStrengthMyTower #TheeWillILove #WillILove #ILoveMyStrengthMyTower #ILove #MyStrength#MyTower #MyStrength #MyTower]
Thee Will I Love My Strength My Tower [#TheeWillILoveMyStrengthMyTower #TheeWillILove #WillILove #ILoveMyStrengthMyTower #ILove #MyStrength#MyTower #MyStrength #MyTower]
Song written by:
Original in German: Johann Scheffler [Angelus Silesius / Johann Angelus Silesius] (December 25, 1624, Wrocław, Poland – July 9, 1677, Wrocław, Poland)
Translated to English from German: John Wesley (June 28, 1703 Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, UK – March 1791 21, London, England, UK)
1
Thee will I love my strength my tower
Thee will I love my joy my crown
Thee will I love with all my power
In all Thy works and Thee alone
Thee will I love till the pure fire
Fill my whole soul with chaste desire
2
Ah why did I so late Thee know
Thee lovelier than the sons of men
Ah why did I no sooner go
To Thee the only ease in pain
Ashamed I sigh and inly mourn
That I so late to Thee did turn
3
In darkness willingly I strayed
I sought Thee yet from Thee I roved
Far wide my wandering thoughts were spread
Thy creatures more than Thee I loved
And now if more at length I see
’Tis through Thy light and comes from Thee
4
I thank Thee uncreated sun
That Thy bright beams on me have shined
I thank Thee who hast overthrown
My foes and healed my wounded mind
I thank Thee whose enlivening voice
Bids my freed heart in Thee rejoice
5
Uphold me in the doubtful race
Nor suffer me again to stray
Strengthen my feet with steady pace
Still to press forward in Thy way
My soul and flesh O Lord of might
Fill satiate with Thy heavenly light
6
Give to mine eyes refreshing tears
Give to my heart chaste hallowed fires
Give to my soul with filial fears
The love that all Heaven’s host inspires
That all my powers with all their might
In Thy sole glory may unite
7
Thee will I love my joy my crown
Thee will I love my Lord my God
Thee will I love beneath Thy frown
Or smile Thy scepter or Thy rod
What though my flesh and heart decay
Thee shall I love in endless day
Thee Will I Love My Strength My Tower [#TheeWillILoveMyStrengthMyTower #TheeWillILove #WillILove #ILoveMyStrengthMyTower #ILove #MyStrength#MyTower #MyStrength #MyTower]
Thee Will I Love My Strength My Tower [#TheeWillILoveMyStrengthMyTower #TheeWillILove #WillILove #ILoveMyStrengthMyTower #ILove #MyStrength#MyTower #MyStrength #MyTower]
Thee Will I Love My Strength My Tower [#TheeWillILoveMyStrengthMyTower #TheeWillILove #WillILove #ILoveMyStrengthMyTower #ILove #MyStrength#MyTower #MyStrength #MyTower]
Thee Will I Love My Strength My Tower [#TheeWillILoveMyStrengthMyTower #TheeWillILove #WillILove #ILoveMyStrengthMyTower #ILove #MyStrength#MyTower #MyStrength #MyTower]