Matelda and the cloister of Hellfde

by of Magdeburg Mechthild

For I am Love from eternity;

And I love thee well, because I long

For thy love with a yearning deep and strong;

And I love thee long, for no end can be

To My divine eternity.”

Love unto Death; Love Immeasurable; Love Eternal.

I rejoice that I cannot but love Him,

Because He first loved me;

I would that measureless, changeless,

My love might be;