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Text:My God, permit me not to be
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:[My God, permit me not to be]
Composer:Beethoven

353. My God, permit me not to be

1 My God, permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and Thee:
Amidst a thousand tho'ts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.

2 Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And all my purest joys forego?

3 Call me away from flesh and sense;
Thy grace, O Lord, can draw me thence:
I would obey the voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: My God, permit me not to be
Title: My God, permit me not to be
Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1894
Topic: General
Notes: Tune name in index: GERMANY
Tune Information
Name: [My God, permit me not to be]
Composer: Beethoven
Meter: L. M.
Key: B♭ Major



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