Closer, closer would I be Drawn to Jesus, day by day, Closer drawn to Him, and further Drawn from sin and self away. Closer, closer would I be, Drawn, O Blessed One, to Thee! Closer, closer would I be, Closer to the Crucified, Closer to the blood-stained Cross, Closer to His bleeding side. Closer, closer would I be, Closer, closer, Lord, to Thee! Closer, closer, closer, Jesus, Draw me closer, closer still, I am trusting, fully trusting, For I know Thou canst and will. Closer, closer unto Thee, Blessed Jesus, let me be! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAUST: SCENE 1. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE FINDING OF THE LYRE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL FOR A MARRIAGE OF SAINT KATHERINE [OR, CATHERINE] by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 10. TO THOMAS EDWARDS, ON ... POPE'S WORKS by MARK AKENSIDE AT THE LATTICE by ALFRED AUSTIN THE MODERN TIPPLING PHILOSOPHERS by JAMES HAY BEATTIE THE BRIDES' TRAGEDY: ACT 3, SCENE 2 by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |