I + 

Thy splendour-lighted face before mine eyes + 

Shines like a flaming sunset evermore; + 

Thee only I behold on the earth’s floor, + 

Thee only I behold within the skies; + 

Thy coming on is like a conqueror, + 

Before thy footsteps the world’s glory dies, + 

Within mine ears thy voice doth ever rise + 

Like a loud ocean beating on the shore. + 

Thou art made kindred with eternity, + 

Daughter of glory, daughter of consolations; + 

Thy face is set above the constellations; + 

Of Death! O love! be I made one with thee, + 

That on thy holy lips and in thy love + 

The world may perish and the light thereof! + 