D.61 I May Speak

I may speak in the tongues of angels
And foretell with a heavenly song.
Should it be that my love is lacking,
Then my voice is a sounding gong.

Chorus:
Three things last for ever: faith, hope, and love.
And the greatest of these is love. (2)

I may give all I have to neighbours,
And explore every mansion above
To possess all the jewels of wisdom:
I am nothing at all without love.

By my faith I may move the mountains
And may stand for a cause to be won.
If I do not have love in doing,
Then I shall be the better by none.

Now this loving is kind and generous
And a wonderful, glorious sign
Of the limitless, deep compassion
From the Power supremely divine.