Adoration

I LOVE my God, but with no love of mine,

For I have none to give;

I love thee, Lord, but all the love is thine,

For by thy life I live.

I am as nothing, and rejoice to be

Emptied and lost and swallowed up in thee.

Thou, Lord, alone art all thy children need,

And there is none beside;

From thee the streams of blessedness proceed;

In thee the blest abide.

Fountain of life, and all-abounding grace,

Our source, our centre, and our dwelling-place!