Caret confused with other chevron-shaped characters, such as or , which may occasionally be called carets, too. The caret was originally and continues to be used in handwritten form as a proofreading mark to indicate where a punctuation mark, word, or phrase should be inserted into a document. The term comes from the Latin , "it lacks", from , "to lack; to be separated from; to be free from". The caret symbol is written below the line of text for a line-level punctuation mark, such as a comma, or above the line as an inverted caret (cf. ) for a higher
What Wondrous Love Is This and are reminiscent of the text of . The following lyrics are those printed in the 1811 hymnal "A General Selection of the Newest and Most Admired Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use"; a number of variations exist, but most are descended from this version. <poem> 1. What wondrous love is this, O my soul! O my soul! What wondrous love is this! What wondrous love is this! That caused the Lord of bliss! To send this precious peace, To my soul, to my soul! To send this precious peace To my soul! 2. When I was sinking down,