Classic Poem

O admirable Jesus, lo!
Victory crowns thy noble brow!
Unutterable sweetness! oh,
Wholly desirable art thou!

When thou art in our hearts a space
Truth, shining, fills the dwelling place;
The glory of the world grows base,
Love glows therein and burns apace

Jesus, heart's sweetness and desire,
Live water, intellectual fire,
O joy than all rejoicing higher,
Desire surpassing all desire.

To Jesus let the earth return
His love let all the earth discern
To Jesus let me greatly yearn
And in their seeking inly burn.

Jesus, our voices cry to thee,
Thee, Jesus, all our acts express,
Thee do our hearts desire and bless,
Both now and in eternity.