Cantique : Lord, O being is old of Thy

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord, O being is old of Thy