Bound to Eden's Land
I wear upon myself today
Immanuel's Feet to bear and lead
His Eye to watch
His Arm to lift
His Ear to hearken to my need
The Head of my Godhead to teach
His Hand to heal
His Heel to ward
The Mouth of God to give me speech
His Gloryflesh my life to hoard
Christ on all tongues telling of me
Christ on all minds pondering me
Christ on all hearts wond'ring at me
Christ my Maker, Christ co-Heir
Christ Adopter, co-family
Christ behind, Christ before
Christ above, Christ below
Christ encircling,
Christ pervading,
Christ the Chasm super-spanning
Goodwill earthward from Him landing
I bind unto myself this hour
His bursting from the spicΓ©d tomb
His riding up, His hurtling down,
His feet upon the Heaven-way
His soothing eyes and Day of Days
His comfort at the Day of Doom
I bind unto myself today
Heaven's Home in heaven's heaven
Gleam of sunsheen
Beam of moon
Blazing heat of flaming Noon
Burning light of lightning flash
Crashing sea of surging stacks
Stony heights of gravity
Whirling wind, sublimity
Trembling fruits on lustrous limbs
Eden's Land revived in Him
Blood of my blood
Heart of my heart
Flesh of my flesh
Bone of my bone
Soul of my soul
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I've been working on this rewriting of the πΏπππππ ππ πππππ‘ πππ‘ππππ, which is part-preserved in the 9th-century πππ‘π π‘ππππππ‘ππ‘π πππππ‘π πππ‘πππππ, and more completely passed down from the 11th-century πΉπ́ππ‘β πΉππππ ('Hidingspell') in the πΏππππ π»π¦πππππ’π. The prayer and its imagery go back to Patrick himself and the early 400s. In my rewriting, I've tried to echo the energy, piercing movement, submission, tranquility, intimacy, courage and imagery of the original.
