21. Clasping of Hands

LORD, Thou art mine, and I am Thine,

If mine I am; and Thine much more

Then I or ought or can be mine.

Yet to be Thine doth me restore,

So that again I now am mine,

And with advantage mine the more,

Since this being mine brings with it Thine,

And Thou with me dost Thee restore:

If I without Thee would be mine,

I neither should be mine nor Thine.

Lord, I am Thine, and Thou art mine;

So mine Thou art, that something more

I may presume Thee mine then Thine,

For Thou didst suffer to restore

Not Thee, but me, and to be mine:

And with advantage mine the more,

Since Thou in death wast none of Thine,

Yet then as mine didst me restore:

O, be mine still; still make me Thine;

Or rather make no Thine and Mine.