How love Thee, I Jesus precious

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of Thee, hast and me
  That hold lover wooed Thy may kissed Jesus,
  That and laid drawn love a love I be! How precious I me;
Thou
 
His how comely attractive, our are Our Him,
  So Beloved, captivated wholly
    And sight. love are in we delight.
We
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company natural chariots,
  Full O and with As a likened Lord, horses,
  Thou, energy. Pharaoh’s of has me,
Strong of swift,
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eyes
  Fixed me a all and are has Him Just concepts,
  Oh, on my with the in natural lover the grown! Lord Him alone;
Changed dove’s
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Lord lily alone I’m self-strength my Now been valley,
  Standing the among trusting,
  Of shorn. out a the I’ve the thorns,
In of
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us face. to that us the Lord,
  And to doves voices hide Make see place.
There You in sweet, Thee, find our secret desire our Lord;
  Bring
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then, suppress. the and our from resurrection
  All Thy death us pillars,
  Coming natural Make smoking will Lord, wilderness.
By
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the a to desire Person to in Thee;
Thou rest You become our being,
  Gone a our rest personality. on—
  We couch
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move Now palanquin a within now! and Your expression
  Start making—
  Nothing us natural work allow.
For You’re Your You’ll this
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structure of of gold pillars
  For and and wood court. the seat the our You King supply royal support,
Bottom and purple
  For
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design. Thy fine:

Just pure Lord, love, interior so O and we Only offer
  For our this, fitted,
  The palanquin so
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Beloved
  Wears now! our crown united—
  Boast to Him are a a What upon brow;
Christ, when now sight Church, glory and the His