GODHEAD HERE IN HIDING

Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore\nMasked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more,\nSee, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart\nLost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art.\n2. Seeing, touching, tasting are in thee deceived;\nHow says trusty hearing? That shall be believed;\nWhat God’s Son hath told me, take for truth I do;\nTruth himself speaks truly, or there’s nothing true.\n3. On the Cross thy Godhead made no sign to men;\nHere thy very manhood steals from human ken;\nBoth are my confession, both are my belief,\nAnd I pray the prayer of the dying thief.\n4. I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see,\nBut can plainly call thee Lord and God as he:\nThis faith each day deeper be my holding of,\nDaily make me harder hope and dearer love.\n5. O thou our reminder of Christ crucified,\nLiving bread, the life of us for whom he died,\nLend this life to me then; feed and feast my mind,\nThere be thou the sweetness man was meant to find.\n6. Jesu, whom I look at shrouded here below,\nI beseech thee send me what I long for so,\nSome day to gaze on thee face to face in light\nAnd be blest for ever with thy glory’s sight.