To thee alone in love and sorrow cling?

To thee, the Son of God, the Word Eternal,

So dreadly pure, so infinitely just?

“One unto one”! My God, when I would say it,

’Tis answered me, “Remember thou art dust.”

“One unto one”! O Jesus, meek and loving,

And humbled down to Bethlehem for me,

Humbled to own a human heart and nature,

Jesus, my Saviour, now I come to thee!

I see thee on thy Virgin Mother’s bosom—