Jesu hail! O God most ho­ly,
Gentle Lamb, an in­fant low­ly;
Born, great God, a hu­man strang­er,
Laid with­in the nar­row man­ger:

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Might trans­cend­ing, weak­ness blend­ing,
Greatness bend­ing from the sky;
Love un­end­ing, man be­friend­ing,
God most High, God most High.

To en­rich my de­so­la­tion,
To re­deem me from dam­na­tion,
Wrapt in swath­ing bands Thou li­est,
Thou in want and weak­ness sigh­est:

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Low abased, where brutes are sleep­ing,
God’s be­lov­èd Son is weep­ing;
Judge su­preme, true God­head shar­ing,
Sinner’s like­ness for us wear­ing!

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Jesu, Thine my heart is sole­ly;
Draw it, take it to Thee whol­ly;
With Thy sac­red fire il­lume me,
Let it in­ward­ly con­sume me.

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Hence let idle fan­cies van­ish,
Hence all ev­il pas­sions ban­ish;
Make me like Thy­self in meek­ness,
Bind to Thee my hu­man weak­ness,

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