Hymns of the Early Church / being translations from the poetry of the Latin church, arranged in the order of the Christian year

by John Brownlie

Thy willing slave whate’er betide.

II

May memory ne’er a thought suggest,

That comes not forth at Thy behest;

And may the mind no wisdom know,

That God all wise doth not bestow.

III

May nothing be desired by me,

Save what I know is willed by Thee;

And what of Thine I e’er attain,