Cantique : Lord, of old O being Thy is

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord, of old O being Thy is