"Hold thy peace,
For my need thou dost not know.
The comfort I crave is joy divine,
I needs must drink the unmingled wine."
"Soul, if as a virgin pure thou art,
A river of love will fill thy heart."
"And if in troth it so might be,
The fountain of love is not in me."
"Rejoice in the blood the martyrs shed."
"In the path of the martyrs I daily tread,
But I have not found my rest."
"In the wisdom the Lord's apostles taught,
Is there peace, O soul, for thee."
"I have the Wisdom that is the best,
He abideth ever with me."
"The angels in heaven are bright and fair,
For solace, O soul, betake thee there."
"The joy of the angels is grief to me,
If the Lord of the angels I may not see."
"In fastings and labours manifold,
Did John in the wilderness toil of old,
And so may peace be thine."
"To labour and suffer my heart is fain,
But love is more than all toil and pain."
"O soul, the Virgin is kind and sweet,
And fair the Child on her breast,
And thou, adoring, before her feet
Shalt find thy rest."
"My Beloved is mine, and I am His,
I seek the joy where the Bridegroom is;
For a full-grown bride am I."...