4. Pollicitam sed redde diem, precor, alma potestas, Tertia lux rediit; surge, sepulte Deus. 4. God of all pity and power, let thy word be assured to the doubting; Light on the third day returns: rise, Son of God, from the tomb! 5. Non decet ut humili tumulo tua membra tegantur, Neu pretium mundi vilia saxa premant. 5. Ill doth it seem that thy limbs should linger in lowly dishonor, Ransom and price of the world, veiled from the vision of men. 6. Indignum est cuius clauduntur cuncta pugillo, Ut tegat inclusum rupe vetante lapis. 6. Ill it beseemeth that thou by whose hand all things are encompassed, Captive and bound shouldst remain, deep in the gloom of the rock. 7. Lintea tolle, precor, sudaria linque sepulchro, Tu satis es nobis, et sine te nihil est. 7. Rise now, O Lord, from the grave and cast off the shroud that enwrapped thee; Thou art sufficient for us: nothing without thee exists. 8. Funeris exsequias pateris vitae auctor et orbis, Intras mortis iter dando salutis opem. 8. Mourning they laid thee to rest, who art author of life and creation; Treading the pathway of death, life thou bestowedst on man. 9. Redde tuam faciem, videant ut saecula lumen, Redde diem, qui nos te moriente fugit. 9. Show us thy face once more, that the ages may joy in thy brightness; Give us the light of day, darkened on earth at thy death. 10. Eripis innumerum populum de carcere mortis, Et sequitur liber, quo suus auctor adit. 10. Out of the prison of death thou art rescuing numberless captives; Freely they tread in the way whither their maker has gone. 11. Tristia cesserunt infernae vincula legis, Expavitque chaos luminis ore premi. 11. Jesus has harrowed hell; he has led captivity captive: Darkness and chaos and death flee from the face of the light. Tr. Maurice F. Bell, from _The English Hymnal_ by permission of the Oxford University Press. Notes Chapter One Early Middle Ages: Latin Hymns of The Fourth Century [1.] Jerome, _Liber de viris illustribus_, 100 (_MPL_ 23, 699). [2.] _Hilarius autem, Gallus episcopus Pictaviensis, eloquentia conspicuus, hymnorum carmine floruit primus. De ecclesiasticis officiis 1_, 6 (_MPL_ 83, 743). [3.] W. N. Myers, _The Hymns of Saint Hilary of Poitiers in the Codex Aretinus_ (Phila., Un. of Penn., 1928) 12, 29, 53, 67. For a discussion of other hymns attributed to Hilary, see p. 14; also A. S. Walpole, _Early Latin Hymns_ (Cambridge, 1922) 1-4. Translations by W. N. Myers. [4.] _Antiphonary of Bangor_, edited by F. E. Warren, _Henry Bradshaw Society Publications_, vols. 4, 10 (London, 1893, 1895). For discussion of authorship see vol. 10, 36. [5.] Or perhaps Treves.