Classic Poem

1. What wondrous love is this, O my soul! O my soul! What wondrous love is
2. When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down, When I was sinking
this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss To
down, sinking down; When I was sinking down, beneath God's righteous frown, Christ
bear the dreadful curse, for my soul, for my soul, To bear the dreadful curse, for my soul.
laid aside his crown, for my soul, for my soul, Christ laid aside his crown, for my soul.

3. Ye wingèd seraphs, fly! Bear the news! Bear the news!
Ye wingèd seraphs fly! Bear the news
Ye wingèd seraphs fly, like comets through the sky,
Fill vast eternity with the news, with the news,
Fill vast eternity with the news!

4. Come, friends of Zion's king, join the praise, join the praise,
Come, friends of Zion's king, join the praise!
Come, friends of Zion's king, with hearts and voices sing,
And strike each tuneful string, in his praise, in his praise,
And strike each tuneful string in his praise!

5. Yes, when to that bright world we arise, we arise,
Yes, when to that bright world we arise;
When to that world we go, free from all pain and woe,
We'll join the happy throng, and sing on, and sing on,
We'll join the happy throng, and sing on.