THE LATIN HYMN-WRITERS AND THEIR HYMNS. BY THE LATE SAMUEL WILLOUGHBY DUFFIELD, Author of “The Heavenly Land,” “Warp and Woof,” “The Burial of the Dead,” and “English Hymns: Their Authors and History.” EDITED AND COMPLETED BY PROF. R. E. THOMPSON, D.D., _Of the University of Pennsylvania._ “Et semper in hunc studiorum quare munitissimum portum ex hujus temporis tempestatibus lubenter confugissem.”—H. A. Daniel. “In diesem Sinne betrachte ich diese, uns von der Vorzeit überlieferten ehrwürdigen und erhabenen Kirchlichen Dichtungen als ein geistiges Gemeingut.”—G. A. Konigsfeld. FUNK & WAGNALLS, NEW YORK: 1889. LONDON: 18 & 20 ASTOR PLACE. 44 FLEET STREET. _All Rights Reserved._ Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1889, by FUNK & WAGNALLS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C. TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor’s Preface iii Introduction viii I The Praise Service of the Early Church xi II The Study of the Latin Hymns 12 III Hilary of Poitiers and the Earliest Latin Hymns 19 IV Pope Damasus and the Beginning of Rhyme 35 V Ambrose 47 VI Prudentius, the First Christian Poet 63 VII Ennodius, Bishop of Pavia 73 VIII Caelius Sedulius and his Alphabet Hymn 83 IX Venantius Fortunatus the Troubadour 88 X Gregorius Magnus [540-604] 97 XI The Venerable Bede 109 XII Rabanus Maurus, Author of the “Veni, Creator” 114 XIII Notker of St. Gall, Called Balbulus 132 XIV Walafrid Strabo 143 XV Hermannus Contractus and the “Veni Sancte Spiritus” 149 XVI Peter Damiani, Cardinal and Flagellant 169 XVII Hildebert and his Hymn 179 XVIII Bernard of Clairvaux 186 XIX Abelard 194 XX Peter the Venerable 214 XXI Bernard of Cluny 222 XXII Adam of St.