But as a beggar I

Verse 1
But as a beggar I
Not daring to draw nigh
Would at a distance stand,
Or sink beneath thy hand,
Afraid thy glorious eyes to meet,
And cry for mercy at thy feet.

Verse 2
I now thy grace implore,
And in the dust adore;
O for my Saviour’s sake,
Up from the dunghil take,
Numbred among thy princes own,
And raise the beggar to thy throne.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “As a prince would I go near unto him.”—[Job] xxxi. 37. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 263.
Publishing: Public Domain