Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # O How Shall I Receive Thee 1. O how shall I receive Thee, How greet Thee, Lord, a-right? All nations long to see Thee, My hope, my heart's delight! O kindle, Lord, most holy, Thy lamp within my breast, To do in spirit lowly All that may please Thee best. 2. Thy Zion palms is strewing, And branches fresh and fair; My heart its powers renewing, An anthem shall prepare. My soul puts off her sadness Thy glories to proclaim; With all her strength and gladness She fain would serve Thy Name. 3. I lay in fetters groaning, Thou com'st to set me free! I stood my shame bemoaning, Thou com'st to honor me A glory Thou dost give me, A treasure safe on high That will not fail nor leave me As early riches fly. 4. Love caused Thy incarnation, Love brought Thee down to me; Thy thirst for my salvation Procured my liberty. O love beyond all telling, That led Thee to embrace, In love all love excelling, Our lost and fallen race. 5. Rejoice then, ye sad-hearted, Who sit in deepest gloom, Who mourn o'er joys departed, And tremble at your doom; He who alone can cheer you Is standing at the door; He brings His pity near you, And bids you weep no more. Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #