1 O perfect love,
all human thought transcending,
lowly we kneel in prayer
before thy throne,
that theirs may be
the love which knows no ending,
whom thou for evermore
dost join in one.

2 O perfect life,
be thou their full assurance
of tender charity
and steadfast faith,
of patient hope
and quiet, brave endurance,
with childlike trust
that fears no pain or death.

3 Grant them the joy
which brightens earthly sorrow,
grant them the peace
which calms all earthly strife;
and to life's day
the glorious unknown morrow
that dawns upon
eternal love and life.