I adore Thee by the | Twelve · Unifi | cations ||
and | by the | Uni - ty there- | of. ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the water that poureth through
the fingers of my hand, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | hold Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I plunge into the heart of the ocean, there | still
· shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the hot fire that flameth is
too subtle to be held, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | grasp Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I hurl me down the scarlet throat of a volcano, there
| still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the moon that waneth and increaseth
in the heavens, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | stay Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I devour Thee, as a dragon devoureth a kid, there |
still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the dust that danceth over the
breast of the desert, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | seize Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I lick up with my tongue the bitter salt of the plains,
there | still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the air that bubbleth from the
dark depths of the waters, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | catch Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I net Thee as a goldfish in a kerchief of silk, there
| still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the cloud that flitteth across
the white horns of the moon, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | pierce Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere;
||
lo! though I tangle Thee in a witch-gossamer of starlight, there
| still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the star that travelleth along
its appointed course, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | rule Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I hunt Thee across the blue heavens as a lost comet,
there | still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the lightning that lurketh in
the heart of the thunder, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | search Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere;
||
lo! though I wed the flaming circle to the enshrouded square,
there | still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the earth that holdeth all precious
jewels in her heart, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot spoil Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I burrow as a mole in the mountain of Chaos, there
| still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the pole-star that burneth in
the centre of the night, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | hide Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I turn from Thee at each touch of the lodestone of
lust, there | still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the blue smoke that whirleth
up from the altar of life, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | find Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I inter Thee in the sarcophagi of the damned, there
| still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as a dark-eyed maiden decked in
crimson and precious pearls, so art Thou, O | God my | God. ||
I cannot | rob Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I strip Thee of Thy gold and scarlet raiment of Self,
there | still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Thou Unity of all things: as the sun that rolleth through
the twelve mansions of the skies, so art Thou, O | God my | God.
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I cannot | slay Thee, | for · Thou art | everywhere; ||
lo! though I lick up the Boundless Light, the Boundless, and the
Not, there | still · shall I | find Thee, ||
Thou Unity of Unities, Thou Oneness, O Thou | per-fect | Nothing-ness
of | Bliss! ||
O Glory be | un-to | Thee ||
through all | Time and | through all | Space: ||
Glory, and Glory upon Glory, | E-ver | lastingly. ||
Amen, and A- | men, and | A - | men. ||