Thou know’st I love thee, dearest Lord,
But Oh! I long to soar
Far from the sphere of mortal joys,
That I may love thee more.
Philip Doddridge is credited with the words. The tune is attributed to ‘Bradshaw’ in the Southern Harmony. Found also, UH 33, KNH 23, OSH 39, HH 158, SOC 175, HOC 22, WP 24, SKH 85, GOS 282. The melody is similar to a number of those given by Sharp (i., 150ff.) with ‘The Wife of Usher’s Well’.
No. 148
[I SHALL BE SATISFIED], REV 62
Hexatonic, mode 4 b minorized (I II 3 IV V — 7 [VII])
If I in thy likeness, O Lord, may awake,
And shine a pure image of thee;