O Time! Time! Time! br Thou wondrous mystery! br Within whose rune and rhyme br Lies all Man's history br Before Creation's birth br Or yet the Heavens were made br With darkness all was girth, br Till word Creative said br 'Let there be Light;' br And lo! from out the deep br In grandeur and with might br Rolled back the ages of sleep, br And born was Night-and-Day, br And stars together sang br Their glad harmonic lay br And all Creation rang br With 'Glory to God in the Highest.' br Now let the strain resound br And Man to God the nighest br With Light and Life be crowned, br Till in the time appointed, br Unfolding from Man's breast br Be Life with Love anointed br And God made manifest.