Cantique : Lord, old Thy being is of O

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord, old Thy being is of O