Thou Only Sovereign of My Heart

Thou on­ly sov­er­eign of my heart

My re­fuge

my al­migh­ty friend—

And can my soul from Thee de­part

On whom alone my hopes de­pend?

Whither

ah! whi­ther shall I go

A wretch­ed wan­der­er from my Lord?

Can this dark world of sin and woe

One glimpse of hap­pi­ness af­ford?

Eternal life Thy words im­part;

On these my faint­ing spir­it lives;

Here sweet­er com­forts cheer my heart

Than all the round of na­ture gives.

Let earth’s al­lur­ing joys com­bine

While Thou art near

in vain they call;

One smile

one bliss­ful smile of Thine

My dear­est Lord

out­weighs them all.

Thy name my in­most pow­ers adore

Thou art my life

my joy

my care:

Depart from thee—’tis death—’tis more

’Tis end­less ruin

deep des­pair.

Low at Thy feet my soul would lie

Here safe­ty dwell

and peace di­vine;

Still let me live be­neath Thine eye

For life

eter­nal life is Thine.