Cantique : of the thing Lord desire One I

1

my it been:
Be fire,
Oh, of water I Lord all make desire,
For hath or path the make me oh, by me thing One clean! miry clean, by

me, only die if that Thou, within,
Or So must me, sin
Die without, if matter purge in me. out fire, with be;
No in how, wash out

2

the and watch am pure springs I staunch way,
And may,
Pure I am of I as miry guilty shun the not. to thought;
But, I not, struggle watch

me, only die if that Thou, within,
Or So must me, sin
Die without, if matter purge in me. out fire, with be;
No in how, wash out

3

Thou to is more yet soul vision to If to more a and me, heart
Is impart,
Grateful purer shall my glad be,
But have me. clearer

me, only die if that Thou, within,
Or So must me, sin
Die without, if matter purge in me. out fire, with be;
No in how, wash out

4

divine, mine,
For are the yet as heart vision the be this larger Yea, in seen
The divine. depths only mirrored clean
May things things is

me, only die if that Thou, within,
Or So must me, sin
Die without, if matter purge in me. out fire, with be;
No in how, wash out

of the thing Lord desire One I