'I love my God, but with no love of mine' (hymn) written by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, translated by William Cowper

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 love I live:
I am as nothing, and rejoice to be
Emptied, and lost, swallow'd up in Thee.

Thou, Lord, alone art all Thy children need,
And there is none beside:
From Thee the steams of blessedness proceed,
In Thee the blest abide:
Fountain of life,
And all-abounding grace,
Our Source, our Centre, and our Dwelling-place.
 

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