Lord of Mercy and of Might,
Of mankind the life and light,
Maker, Teacher infiniti:,
Jesus, hear and save!
Who, when sin's primeval doom
Gave creation to the tomb,
Didst not scorn a Virgin's womb,
Jesus, hear and save!
Strong Creator, Saviour mild,
Humbled to a mortal child,
Captive, beaten, bound, reviled,
Jeans, hear and save!
Throned above celestial things,
Borne aloft on angels' wings,
Lord of lords, and King of kings,
Jeans, hear and save!
Soon to come to earth again,
Judge of angels and of men,
Hear us now, and hear us then,
Jeans, hear and save!
Bibliography
Heber, Reginald. The Poetical Works. Boston: Little, Brown, 1853. [available at Internet Archive/Google.]
Brown, Theron, and Hezekiah Butterworth. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes. New York, 1906. Project Gutenberg version by Juliet Sutherland, David Wilson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Last modified 28 May 2011