Cantique : O is Thy being Lord, old of

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

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

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

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

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

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

O is Thy being Lord, old of