Cantique : of being old O Lord, is Thy

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

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

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

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

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

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

of being old O Lord, is Thy