While I, O Lord, exalted by Thy hand

Above the skies, in glory seem to stand,

The skies being made to serve me, as they do,

While I thy Glories in thy Goodness view.

To be in Glory higher than the skies

Is greater bliss than 'tis in place to rise

Above the Stars: More blessed and divine

To live and see than like the Sun to shine.

O what Profoundness in my Body lies

For whom the Earth was made, the Sea, the Skies!