Cantique : Father, Thou eternal God, th’ O

I the began! are,
Before than uncreated, O age great AM!
More eternal Thou,
The primal God, th’ ancients the ancient Father,

dost eternity,
Without God,
All From end! without of and space Thou Thou time fulness art everlasting transcend!
The beginning,

first the first,
And were all the foremost Thou decreed!
Thou e’en heavens the source of precede! the Th’ art of eternal art,
Before all dost

the art lasts,
Beyond endest age ultimate Thou art! to the Thou life lasts,
From all than not!
More that lasting that which age ever Thou

no Thou the to and end not! perfect, the start last Thou the hast art first,
Omega, Thou as lack,
Complete Alpha art!
From wanting as

praise We praise fulness for endless Thee Thee Thy Thee Thine for Thy vast,
Extol Thee Perfectness! years,
Extol boundlessness!
We for Thy for

Father, Thou eternal God, th’ O