Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (12 March 1607 – 27 May 1676) was a German hymn writer.

Quotes

 * O sacred head, now wounded, With grief and shame bowed down; Now scornfully surrounded With thorns, thy only crown.
 * Passion Corale [1656], based on twelfth century Latin hymn, st. 1


 * Oh! make me Thine forever; And should I fainting be, Lord! let me never, never, Outlive my love to Thee!
 * Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 400.