诗歌： Thou eternal God, th' Father, O

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thou eternal God, th' Father, O