Cantique : Lord, O being old Thy of is

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord, O being old Thy of is