Make Me a Captive, Lord

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”Make Me a Captive, Lord”

My heart is weak and poor
until it master find;
it has no spring of action sure,
it varies with the wind.
It cannot freely move
till thou hast wrought its chain;
enslave it with thy matchless love,
and deathless it shall reign.
My power is faint and low
till I have learned to serve;
it lacks the needed fire to glow,
it lacks the breeze to nerve.
It cannot drive the world
until itself be driven;
its flag can only be unfurled
when thou shalt breathe from heaven.
My will is not my own
till thou hast made it thine;
if it would reach a monarch’s throne,
it must its crown resign.
It only stands unbent
amid the clashing strife,
when on thy bosom it has leant,
and found in thee its life.

Text Information

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First Line:
Make me a captive, Lord
Title:
Make Me a Captive, Lord
Author:
George Matheson (1890)
Meter:
6.6.8.6 D
Language:
English
Copyright:
Public Domain

Tune Information

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Title:
DIADEMATA (Elvey)
Composer:
George J. Elvey (1868)
Meter:
6.6.8.6
Copyright:
Public Domain