"Now, a new creature, I in Christ am born, The old man stripped away; -- I am new-made; And mounting in me, like the s…"

"O Love, divine Love, why do You lay siege to me? In a frenzy of love for me, You find no rest. From five sides You mo…"

"As air becomes the medium for light when the sun rises, And as wax melts from the heat of fire, So the soul drawn to …"

"The soul wills and yet does not will: Its will belongs to Another. It has eyes only for this beauty; It no longer see…"

"Love, infusing with light all who share Your splendor, You teach us the true light Is not to be found in the light of…"

"Love, where did You enter the heart unseen? Lovable Love, joyful Love, unthinkable Love, In Your plenitude You lie fa…"

"In losing all, the soul has risen To the pinnacle of the measureless; Because it has renounced all That is not divine…"

"To lose and to hold tightly, To love and take delight in, To gaze upon and contemplate, To possess utterly, To float …"

"There is no other action at those heights; What the questing soul once was it has ceased to be. Neither heat nor fier…"

"Love beyond all telling, Goodness beyond imagining, Light of infinite intensity Glows in my heart."