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.

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.