1 Release my spirit! This is what I need:
O may my spirit with the saints' be knit;
2 Release my spirit! This is what I ask,
That self-confined or closed I may not be;
3 Release my spirit! 'Tis for this I pray,
That from myself I fully may come forth;
4 Release my spirit! This is what I want,
That I from my seclusion may depart;
5 Release my spirit! This is what I seek,
That prisoned in my self no more I'll be;
6 Release my spirit! 'Tis for this I yearn,
That self may bind my spirit nevermore;