“The angel’s joy is but heartache to me,
If their Lord and my Bridegroom I do not see.”
And the senses:
“In holy penance refresh thee and save,
That God to St. John Baptist gave.”
And the soul:
“I am ready for pain, ready for grief,
Yet the combat of love is first and chief.”
And the senses:
“O Bride, would’st thou refreshèd be,