The phrase "How I yearn" resonates through 3 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
How I yearn
...I know that to my heart these won’t be enough.
How I yearn, O Lord, for Your very self!
I know deep within, You are all....
I know that to my heart these won’t be enough.
How I yearn, O Lord, for Your very self!
I know deep within, You are all.
...My Beloved, come on spices’ mountain;
How I yearn to see Thee face to face.
Drink, dear Lord, from my heart’s flowing fountain,...
My Beloved, come on spices’ mountain;
How I yearn to see Thee face to face.
Drink, dear Lord, from my heart’s flowing fountain,
...By sin burdened oft in conscience, with no rest at hand,
How I yearned less bricks to burn, but burdens kept increasing—
Sad, I’d never heard of the beauteous land....
By sin burdened oft in conscience, with no rest at hand,
How I yearned less bricks to burn, but burdens kept increasing—
Sad, I’d never heard of the beauteous land.
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