Jesus, the name high over all, In hell, or earth, or sky; Angels and men before it fall, And devils fear and fly. Jesus, the name to sinners dear-- The name to sinners given: It scatters all their guilty fear; It turns their hell to heaven. Jesus, the pris'ner's fetters breaks, And bruises Satan's head; Power into strengthless souls He speaks, And life into the dead. O that the world might taste and see The riches of His grace; The arms of love that compass me, Would all mankind embrace. His only righteousness I show-- His saving truth proclaim: 'Tis all my business here below, To cry-Behold the Lamb! Happy, if with my latest breath I may but gasp His name; Preach Him, to all, and cry in death, Behold, behold the Lamb! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS by ROBERT BURNS DITTY IN IMITATION OF THE SPANISH: ENTRE TANTO QUE L'AVRIL by EDWARD HERBERT HAWTHORNE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE SONG OF HIAWATHA: HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SUMMER LONGINGS by DENIS FLORENCE MCCARTHY IDYLLS OF THE KING: THE HOLY GRAIL by ALFRED TENNYSON |