Thou callest: “Come at once”—and still Thou

Thou callest: “Come at once”—and still Thou
callest us: “Come late, tho’ late”—
(The moments fly)—
“Come, every one that thirsteth, come”—“Come
prove Me, knocking at My gate”—
(Some souls draw nigh!)—
“Come thou who waiting seekest Me”—“Come
thou for whom I seek and wait”—
(Why will we die?)—
“Come and repent: come and amend: come joy
the joys unsatiate”—
——(Christ passeth by...)—
Lord, pass not by—I come—and I—and I.
Amen.