2. The saint for whom our chants of praise Consenting on this feast we raise, With princely guerdons thou didst bless: Thy crown, thy palm, thy happiness. 3. Tormenta qui saevissima Ac varia supplicia Victrice tua dextera Mente robusta pertulit. 3. In tortures, great and cruel pain Thou didst with thy right hand sustain Thy servant, who with steadfast heart Bore the tormentor’s every art. 4. Huius, adclines, Domine, Te deprecamur, precibus, Aetherea consortia, Celsa dona fastigia. 4. Thy gracious ear, O Christ divine, Unto thy servant’s prayer incline, To whom thy fairest gifts are given Within the gracious halls of heaven. 5. Qui princeps esse principum Rex mysticus agnosceris, Agnita nostra crimina Large dele clementia. 5. Thee Prince of Princes, we proclaim, The King that bears the mystic name: Blot out in thy great love, we pray, The sins that mar this holy day. 6. Adventus ut cum fulgidus Tuus, Christe, patuerit, Tuo ducante martyre Laeti pergamus obviam. 6. That so when Thou shalt come again, O Christ, in light, on earth to reign, Led by thy martyr, we may dare To rise to meet thee in the air. 7. (added) Deo Patri sit gloria Eiusque soli Filio Cum Spiritu Paraclito Et nunc et omne saeculum. 7. (added) To God the Father glory be, And God the Son eternally, With God the Holy Paraclete Through endless ages, as is meet. Tr. Alan G. Mcdougall (_Pange Lingua_ _etc._, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, London, 1916. p. 71. Quoted by permission of publishers.) XI. _Sancti spiritus assit nobis gratia_ 1. Sancti spiritus assit nobis gratia, 1. The grace of the Holy Ghost be present with us; 2. Quae corda nostra sibi faciat habitaculum 2. And make our hearts a dwelling place to itself; 3. Expulsis inde cunctis vitiis spiritalibus. 3. And expel from them all spiritual wickedness. 4. Spiritus alme, illustrator hominum, 4. Merciful Spirit, Illuminator of men, 5. Horridas nostrae mentis purga tenebras. 5. Purge the fearful shades of our mind. 6. Amator sancte sensatorum semper cogitatuum, 6. O holy Lover of thoughts that are ever wise, 7. Infunde unctionem tuam clemens nostris sensibus. 7. Of Thy mercy pour forth Thine Anointing into our senses. 8. Tu purificator omnium flagitiorum spiritus, 8. Thou purifier of all iniquities, O Spirit, 9. Purifica nostri oculum interioris hominis, 9. Purify the eye of our inner man, 10. Ut videri supremus genitor possit a nobis, 10. To the end that the Father of all things may be seen by us, 11. Mundi cordis quem soli cernere possunt oculi. 11. He, Whom the eyes of none save the pure in heart can behold. 12. Prophetas tu inspirasti, ut praeconia Christi praecinuissent inclita; 12. Thou didst inspire the Prophets to chant aforehand their glorious heralding of Christ.