Lame as I am, I take the prey, Hell, earth, and sin with ease o’ercome; I leap for joy, pursue my way, And as a bounding hart fly home, Through all eternity to prove, Thy nature, and Thy name is Love.
ATTRIBUTION:
Charles Wesley (1707–1788), British hymn writer. Wrestling Jacob (l. 79–84). . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939) Oxford University Press.
