O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

O Love that will not let me go, 

I rest my weary soul in you; 

I give you back the life I owe, 

That in those ocean depths its flow 

May richer, fuller grow. 

O Light that follows all my way, 

I yield my flickering torch to you; 

My heart restores its borrowed ray, 

That in your sunshine’s blaze its day 

May brighter, fairer glow.

(a hymn by George Matheson, updated and revised; photo by conger design via pixabay.com)