O I will drink and pine
Till Thou my famished spirit fill
With that blest name of Thine.
Tuesday Morning
O DEUS, EGO AMO TE, NAM PRIOR TU AMASTI ME
Credited by many to the composer of the hymn which opens with identically the same line, but proceeds quite differently. It is, however, doubtful if this is the composition of Xavier; more probably it is the breathing of desire on the part of some now unknown German Jesuit of the seventeenth century.
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My heart goes forth in love to Thee,
O God, who first hast lovèd me;
My freedom, lo, I lay aside,