To keep Thy laws my will is bent,
But fails in the accomplishment:
E’en when I follow good, I find
Some stain of evil lurks behind.
Lord, on Thy child compassion take,
Blot out my sins for Jesu’s sake;
That thus my spirit more and more
With free ascent to heaven may soar.
The foolish worldly mind expel,
Sole Lord within my mansion dwell;