My burden bows me to the knee;
O Lord, ’tis more than I can bear.
Didst Thou not come our load to share?
My burden bows me to the knee:
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!...
Far off, so far, the Heavens be,
With their wide arms! and I would prove
The close, warm-beating heart of Love.
But so far-off the Heavens be:
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!