Main message: A prayer to give more love to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Bible references: (John 20:15)

• V1. "More love to Thee" (Mark 12:30)

• V2. "earthly joy" (1 John 2:15)

"Thee alone I seek" (Matthew 17:8)

• V4. "my last breath... Thy praise" (Psalm 104:33)

"My heart shall raise" (Psalm 13:5)

Keywords: more love to Thee, Christ, prayer, earnest plea, Thee alone, sweet, latest breath, whisper Thy praise, cry, raise

Interpretation notes:

• This hymn uses repetition as a main compositional device. 

• The melody ascends at the beginning of the first system. 

• By the third system, the highest note, Db, is repeated four times. 

• The last system repeats 'more love to Thee' two more times.