Though I may Speak With
Bravest Fire
(to the tune: "The Water Is Wide,"
American Folk Tune)
Words, arr.: Hal Hopson, 1972
Though I may speak with bravest fire
And have the gift to all inspire
And have not love, my words are vain
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain
Though I may give all I possess
And striving so, my love profess
But be not giv'n by love within,
The profit soon turns strangely thin
Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control,
Our spirits long to be made whole
Let inward love guide every deed;
By this we worship and are freed.
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