A servant unto Thee,

Thou God, by all adored!

Then, though by friends out-cast,

Thy hand would hold me fast,

And draw me near to Thee, my King and Lord!

Contrite and full of dread,

I mourn each moment fled,

’Midst idle follies roaming desolate:

I sink beneath transgressions manifold,

That from Thy presence keep me separate,