The Latin Hymn-writers and Their HymnsDuffield, Samuel Willoughby
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The Latin Hymn-writers and Their Hymns
Duffield, Samuel Willoughby
Hymns, Latin -- History and criticism
3. But clearer than the sun may shine,
All light and day in Thee I find,
To fill my night with glory fine
And purify my inner mind.
4. Come near, Thou maker of the world,
Illustrious in thy Father’s light,
From whose free grace if we were hurled,
Body and soul were ruined quite.
5. Fill with Thy Spirit every sense,
That God’s divine and gracious love
May drive Satanic temptings hence,
And blight their falsehoods from above.
6. That in the acts of common toil
Which life demands from us each day,
We may, without a stain or soil,
Live in Thy holy laws alway.
7. Let chastity of mind prevail
To conquer every fleshly lust;
And keep Thy temple without fail,
O Holy Ghost, from filth and dust.
8. This hope is in my praying heart—
These are my vows which now I pay;
That this sweet light may not depart,
But guide me purely through the day.
II.
HYMNUS MATUTINUS.
1. Deus, Pater ingenite,
Et Fili unigenite,
Quos Trinitatis unitas
Sancto connectit Spiritu.
2. Te frustra nullus invocat,
Nec cassis unquam vocibus
Amator tui luminis
Ad coelum vultus erigit.
3. Et tu suspirantem, Deus,
Vel vota supplicantium,
Vel corda confitentium
Semper benignus aspice.
4. Nos lucis ortus admonet
Grates deferre debitas,
Tibique laudes dicere,
Quod nox obscura praeterit.
5. [Et] diem precamur bonum,
Ut nostros, Salvator, actus
Sinceritate perpeti
Pius benigne instruas.
II.
A MORNING HYMN.
1. Eternal Father, God,
And sole-begotten Son,
Who with the Holy Ghost
Art ever Three in One.
2. None calleth Thee in vain,
Nor yet with empty cry
Doth he who seeks Thy light
Lift up his gaze on high.
3. Do Thou, O God, behold
With mercy them that pray;
Receive their earnest vows
And take their guilt away.
4. The kindling sky forewarns
Our souls what praise we owe
To Him at whose command
The night has ceased below.
5. We ask a happy day,
That Thou shouldst guide our ways
In constant faithfulness,
O Saviour, to Thy praise!
III.
HYMNUS PENTECOSTALIS.
1. Beata nobis gaudia
Anni reduxit orbita,
Cum Spiritus paraclitus
Illapsus est discipulis.
2. Ignis vibrante lumine
Linguae figuram detulit,
Verbis ut essent proflui,
Et charitate fervidi.
3. Linguis loquuntur omnium;
Turbae pavent gentilium:
Musto madere deputant,
Quos Spiritus repleverat.
4. Patrata sunt haec mystice,
Paschae peracto tempore,
Sacro dierum circulo,
Quo lege fit remissio.
5. Te nunc, Deus piissime,
Vultu precamur cernuo:
Illapsa nobis coelitus
Largire dona Spiritus!
6. Dudum sacrata pectora
Tua replesti gratia,
Dimitte nostra crimina,
Et da quieta tempora!
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