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Christ in Song 393

DRAW ME CLOSER TO THEE

Words: Fanny J. CrosbyMusic: W. H. Doane

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1Clos-er to thee, my Fa-ther, draw me, I long for thy em-brace;
Clos-er to thee, my Sav-ior, draw me, Not of my love, but thine own grace;
Clos-er by thy sweet Spir-it draw me, Till I am all like thee.

RefrainClos-er with thine arms en-fold me, I seek a rest-ing place;
Clos-er still, nev-er from thy pres-ence Let me part, with the cords of love, Draw me clos-er to thy-self a-bove.

2Draw me clos-er to thy dear self, And let my spir-it rest in thee;
Draw me clos-er to thy pre-cious side, And let my love be all for thee;
Draw me clos-er to thy lov-ing heart, And let me die to self and sin.

The verse

Meter
15.17.15
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trochaic (DUM-da) · 44% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Clos-er to thee, my Fa-ther, draw me, I long for thy em-brace;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/15A
Clos-er to thee, my Sav-ior, draw me, Not of my love, but thine own grace;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘///17A
Clos-er by thy sweet Spir-it draw me, Till I am all like thee./˘˘///˘/˘/˘˘///15B

Verse 2

Draw me clos-er to thy dear self, And let my spir-it rest in thee;/˘/˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/16A
Draw me clos-er to thy pre-cious side, And let my love be all for thee;/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/17A
Draw me clos-er to thy lov-ing heart, And let me die to self and sin./˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/17B

Refrain

Clos-er with thine arms en-fold me, I seek a rest-ing place;/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘/14A
Clos-er still, nev-er from thy pres-ence Let me part, with the cords of love, Draw me clos-er to thy-self a-bove./˘//˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘//˘/26B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.