Shamed in Thy presence, disappears;
And all the glowing raptured soul
The likeness it contemplates, wears.
4 O ever conscious to my heart!
Witness to its supreme desire:
Behold it presseth on to Thee,
For it hath caught the heavenly fire.
5 This one petition would it urge—
To bear Thee ever in its sight;
In life, in death, in worlds unknown,