Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed

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Source: Project Gutenberg #13341 Source URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13341 Public domain basis: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707; 1818 Corrall printing in PG #13341). Author d. 1748. US public domain. Coverage: Complete individual poem extracted from parent edition watts-hymns-and-spiritual-songs at bytes 136841-137640; checksum 6ceb63520604869bde412be22e865289d7d15b20542fbee183447c429b17f112.

# Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed

Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed

Hymn 2:9. Godly sorrow arising from the sufferings of Christ.

1 Alas! and did my Saviour bleed, And did my Sovereign die? Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm as I?

2 [Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine, And bath'd in its own blood, While all expos'd to wrath divine The glorious Sufferer stood.]

3 Was it for crimes that I had done He groan'd upon the tree? Amazing pity! grace unknown! And love beyond degree!

4 Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in, When God the mighty Maker dy'd For man the creature's sin.

5 Thus might I hide my blushing face While his dear cross appears, Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes to tears.

6 But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe; Here, Lord, I give myself away, 'Tis all that I can do.