“Contemplation is a science without mode,
Above human reason remaining evermore;
Unto our reason can it not come down,
Neither above it can reason ever rise.
Its enlightened freedom is a noble mirror,
Wherein the eternal splendour of God doth shine.
This modeless freedom hath no manner of its own,
And before it all the works of reason pale;
This modeless freedom is not God Himself,
But it is the light by which we see Him.