What language shall I borrow
to thank Thee, dearest Friend?
For this by dying sorrow
Thy pity without end.
Oh make me Thine forever.
And should I fainting be-
Lord let me never, never
outlive my love to Thee
…A living hope
1 Peter 1:3

O Sacred Head now Wounded
Bernard of Clarveaux ca.1101 a.d.
