My heart shall only this desire – Modernized Edition

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[576]		 My heart shall only this desire:
          That thou, my Lord, dispose
Even as thou pleasest in all things,
          Till these my eyes thou close
By death, which I so much desire,
          Because it will procure
Me to enjoy my God and all
          Where I shall be secure
That none from me can take my Lord,
          But for eternity
I shall enjoy my only good,
          And to him ever be
United by a knot of love
          Which nothing shall untie,
But will remain as permanent
          As his Divinity.
O happy hour, when will thou come
          And set my spirit free,
That I may love and praise my God
          For perpetuity,
Contemplating his glorious face
          With all that him adore,
Singing with them his sweetest praise
          For ever and ever more. Amen.



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Source: Baker, pp. 306-307; see Bodleian, p. 14

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