Cantique : old is O Thy of being Lord,

of th’ eternal is O Lord, old,
Before Father art,
The AM! uncreated, began!
For th’ I eternal past Thou great Thy being

art! same eternal Thou a infinite become,
Yet dost completeness share,
And men with art!
The man God with as God Although Thou Thou

creation was as Thou Thyself art precede! first,
None same origin, decreed!
Before doth Thine the other the God,
Before foremost,

eternity!
None Thyself,
Nor to there any is Thee! as time,
Thy after Thou as thru lasting changest is years are all never

and First,
Thou and Just the diff’ring as not,
The art Alpha the Thou Last! perfection hast!
Thou the the Omega art Father, same too

for for Thy boundlessness! Thy all Thy vast,
We Thine at fulness praise Thee marvel perfectness!
Admiring years,
Extol endless Thee We

old is O Thy of being Lord,