To
possess you, Lover of Souls, is happiness, and the only happiness of the
immortal soul. To enjoy the sight of you is the only happiness of eternity.
What can give me happiness but you? To see you, to contemplate you, this alone
is inexhaustible. You indeed are unchangeable, yet in you there are always more
glorious depths and more varied attributes to search into; we shall ever be
beginning as if we had never gazed upon you.
How
far am I from acting according to what I know so well! Rouse me from sloth and
coldness, and make me desire Thee with my whole heart.
