Father of Love, to Thee I Bend
Augustus Montague Toplady 1740 (Farnham, Surrey) – 1778
Father of love, to thee I bend
My heart, and lift mine eyes;
O let my pray'r and praise ascend
As odours to the skies.
Thy pard'ning voice I come to hear,
To know thee as thou art:
Thy ministers can reach the ear,
But thou must touch the heart.
O stamp me in thy heav'nly mould,
And grant thy word appl'd
May bring forth fruit an hundred fold
And speak me justify'd.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EAEA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 363 |
Words | 75 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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