O wisest love! That flesh and blood,
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe
Should strive and should prevail.
And that a higher gift than grace,
Should flesh and blood refine,
God’s presence, and his very self,
And essence all-divine
O generous love! That He, who smote
In man for man the foe,
The double agony in man
For man should undergo.