139. Prime
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{243}
Jam lucis orto sidere.
(From the Parisian Breviary.)
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NOW that the day-star glimmers bright, |
| We suppliantly pray |
| That He, the uncreated Light, |
| May guide us on our way. |
No sinful word, nor deed of wrong, |
| Nor thoughts that idly rove; |
| But simple truth be on our tongue, |
| And in our hearts be love. |
And, while the hours in order flow, |
| O Christ, securely fence |
| Our gates, beleaguer'd by the foe,— |
| The gate of every sense. {244} |
And grant that to Thine honour, Lord, |
| Our daily toil may tend; |
| That we begin it at Thy word, |
| And in Thy blessing end. |
And, lest the flesh in its excess |
| Should lord it o'er the soul, |
| Let taming abstinence repress |
| The rebel, and control. |
To God the Father glory be, |
| And to His Only Son, |
| And to the Spirit, One and Three, |
| While endless ages run. |
Littlemore.
February, 1842. |
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Note
Vide the Anglo-Norman History of Sir Francis
Palgrave
(Vol. iii. p. 588), who did the Author
the honour of
asking him for a translation of this
hymn, as also of the
Christe Pastorum, infra.
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