Thou only liv'st, and all things live by thee...

Perfection's sum—prime cause of every cause,

Midst and beginning, where all good doth pause...

Incomprehensible, by reachless height;

And unperceived, by excessive light.

O King! whose greatness none can comprehend,

Whose boundless goodness does to all extend,—

Light of all beauty, ocean without ground,

That standing, flowest—giving, dost abound...

Great Architect—Lord of this universe,—