The lyrics we sing today are at least one stanza shorter that what Robinson authored over 200 years ago. Most information I can find states that there were originally four stanzas, and that the final stanza was dropped from a hymnal published in 1860 by Martin Madan. What's curious is that the text found at CyberHymnal.org contains five stanzas and that the additional material is woven in as a different arrangement from every other edition of the hymn I can find. The material certainly sounds like it could have been written by Robinson, but I can't find any authoritative source noting whether Robinson may have written five stanzas or if the additional material was added in by someone else at a later date.

So here are the two possible original versions of the hymn. On the right is the curious five stanza version, on the left is the traditional four stanza. Today, most of us sing the four stanza version without the final stanza.

1. Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

2. Sorrowing I shall be in spirit,
Till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit,
Here Thy praises I’ll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.

3. Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me
Mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me
I cannot proclaim it well.

4. O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

5. O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.

1. Come Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of God's unchanging love.

2. Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.

3. O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace now like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

4. O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.


Here are some contemporary renditions of the hymn on YouTube:

Sufjan Stevens - I enjoy his gentle peaceful approach. There's also a low-quality live version online.

David Crowder - He provides the hint of Irish flair without making it too much like a modern rock-worship song. (live version)

Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Though it looks like it was filmed in the early 90s, it is a majestically powerful presentation.

Gateway Worship - They use a couple of original stanzas as verses and write their own chorus. Not bad, but nothing can beat the traditional version.