Hymn
I Love Thee
I love thee, I love thee, I love thee, my Lord;
I love thee my Saviour, I love thee, my God.
I love thee, I love thee, and that thou dost know;
But how much I love then my actions will show.
I'm happy, I'm happy, O, wondrous account!
My joys are immortal, I stand on the mount!
I gaze on my treasure and long to be there,
With Jesus and angels, and kindred so dear.
O Jesus, my Saviour, with thee I am blest,
My life and salvation, my joy and my rest.
Thy love be my story, thy name be my song;
Thy grace shall inspire both my heart and my tongue.
O, who's like my Saviour? he's Salem's bright King;
He smiles, and he loves me, and helps me to sing.
I'll praise him, I'll praise him with notes loud and clear,
While rivers of pleasure my spirit do cheer.
I Love Thee — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/i-love-thee
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Questions about this hymn
Is I Love Thee public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Christ in Song, published in 1908. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of I Love Thee?
I Love Thee is in 11.11.11.11. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, I Would Not Live Alway, My Jesus, I Love Thee and The Lord Is My Shepherd.