Thou art the ev­er­last­ing Word,
The Fa­ther’s only Son;
God ma­ni­fest­ly seen and heard,
And Heav’n’s be­lov­èd one:

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Worthy, O Lamb of God, art Thou
That ev­ery knee to Thee should bow.

In Thee most per­fect­ly ex­pressed
The Fa­ther’s glo­ries shine;
Of the full de­ity pos­sessed,
Eternally di­vine:

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True ima­ge of the In­fi­nite,
Whose es­sence is con­cealed;
Brightness of un­cre­at­ed light;
The heart of God re­vealed:

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But the high mys­ter­ies of Thy name
An an­gel’s grasp trans­cend;
The Fa­ther on­ly—glo­ri­ous claim!—
The Son can com­pre­hend:

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Throughout the uni­verse of bliss,
The cen­ter Thou, and sun;
Th’eter­nal theme of praise of this,
To Heav’n’s be­lov­èd One:

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