▁and ▁other ▁women ▁of ▁her ▁Order ▁of ▁Po or ▁Lad ies . ▁According ▁to ▁tradition , ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁s ung ▁in ▁its ▁entire ty ▁was ▁by ▁Francis ▁and ▁Brothers ▁Ang elo ▁and ▁Leo , ▁two ▁of ▁his ▁original ▁compan ions , ▁on ▁Francis ' ▁death bed , ▁the ▁final ▁verse ▁pra ising ▁" S ister ▁Death " ▁having ▁been ▁added ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁minutes ▁before . ▁ ▁A ▁legend ▁which ▁emphas izes ▁the ▁to pos ▁of ▁" br ight ness " ▁says ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁phys ically ▁write ▁the ▁Cant icle , ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁blind ness ▁from ▁an ▁eye ▁disease ; ▁but ▁he ▁dict ated ▁it ▁and ▁he ▁did ▁it ▁looking ▁at ▁Nature ▁through ▁the ▁eye ▁of ▁mind . ▁Father ▁Eric ▁Do yle ▁wrote : ▁" Th ough ▁phys ically ▁blind , ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁see ▁more ▁clearly ▁than ▁ever ▁with ▁the ▁inner ▁eye ▁of ▁his ▁mind . ▁With ▁un par alle led ▁clar ity ▁he ▁perce ived ▁the ▁basic ▁unity ▁of ▁all ▁creation ▁and ▁his ▁own ▁place ▁as ▁a ▁fri ar ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁God ’ s ▁cre atures . ▁His ▁un qual ified ▁love ▁of ▁all ▁cre atures , ▁great ▁and ▁small , ▁had ▁grown ▁into ▁unity ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁heart . ▁He ▁was ▁so ▁open ▁to ▁reality ▁that ▁it ▁found ▁a ▁place ▁to ▁be ▁at ▁home ▁in ▁his ▁heart ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁at ▁home ▁everywhere ▁and ▁anywhere . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁centre ▁of ▁commun ion ▁with ▁all ▁cre atures ". ▁ ▁The ▁Cant icle