Me, his own, so dearly bought
The King into his house hath brought:
Here he banquets with his bride
Happy at my Bridegroom’s side;
Here he boasts his victory,
Triumphs in his love for me;
And heaven begun on earth I prove
Under the banner of his love!
Me, His own, so dearly bought
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “He brought me to the banqueting-house; and his banner over me was love.”—[Song of Sol.] ii. 4. 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 363.
Publishing: Public Domain