Classic Poem

" Jesu, Jesu, miserere;
Hear my cry to Thee. "
Come, thou fainting one and weary,
Come to Me.

" Sin and shame my heart benumbing,
Shall I gain Thy feet? "
Shrinking, trembling, hardly coming,
Thee I meet.

" Jesu, Jesu, miserere;
Save me, or I die. "
Hearken, in the darkness dreary,
It is I.

" Clothed in rags and miry raiment
Dare I see Thy face? "
Blood-bought, free, and without payment
Is My grace.

" Jesu, Jesu, miserere;
Hush my soul's unrest. "
Lay thee, travel-worn and weary,
On My breast.

" Jesu, come, come quickly to me,
Only make me Thine. "
I am here: thy anguish drew Me,
Thou art Mine.