Newman Reader - Verses on Various Occasions

156. For a Martyr

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Deus tuorum militum.

O GOD, of Thy soldiers

the Portion and Crown,

Spare sinners who hymn

the praise of the Blest;

Earth's bitter joys,

its lures and its frown,

He scann'd them and scorn'd,

and so is at rest.

Thy Martyr he ran

all valiantly o'er

A highway of blood

for the prize Thou hast given.

We kneel at Thy feet,

and meekly implore,

That our pardon may wait

on his triumph in heaven.

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Honour and praise

To the Father and Son

And the Spirit be done

Now and always. Amen.