obsecro, deus meus, ne tu sileas a me.
tu loquere in corde meo veraciter; solus enim sic loqueris.
et intrem in cubile meum et cantem tibi amatoria,
gemens inenarrabiles gemitus in peregrinatione mea
I beg you, my god, not to stay away from me in silence.
Speak truth in my heart; you alone speak so.
Let me enter my chamber and sing to you songs of love,
groaning with inexpressible groans on my journey.
~ Augustine, Confessiones, 12.16.23
http://www.artsci.villanova.edu/dsteelman/augustine/index.html