Hymn: I thirst, O, grant the waters pure
- Title:
- First Line: I thirst, O, grant the waters pure
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: Frederica Bremer
- Born: 1801
- Died: 1865
- Gender: F
Full Text
I thirst!—O, grant the waters pure Which they who drink shall thirst no more; O give me of that living stream, Which ever flows, with heavenly gleam, Forth from the presence of our God, Through fields by holy angels trod! I thirst!—O bounteous Source of Truth, Give coolness to my fevered youth; Make the sick heart more strong and wise; Take spectral visions from mine eyes; O, let me quench my thirst in Thee, And pure, and strong, and holy be! I thirst!—O God, great Source of Love! Infinite Life streams from above. O, give one drop, and let me live! The barren world has naught to give; No solace have its streams for me; I thirst alone for heaven and Thee.