Hymns for Advent and Christmas/Jam Lucis Orto Sidere
Jam Lucis Orto Sidere.
The morning star hath risen high,
Lord, listen to our supliant cry;
And keep us ever day by day,
From such as seek our soul to slay.
Preserve in meekness, Lord, our tongue,
Lest it should utter aught of wrong;
Restrain and guard our wandering sight,
Lest aught of vanity delight.
Oh! keep our inmost heart, too, pure,
That anger may not there endure;
The fumes of pride he carried thence,
By the spare food of abstinence.
That when the day departing fades,
And night brings on her wonted shades;
Free from the power of earth we may
Sing unto Thee this noble lay;
All Glory to the Father be,
All Glory, Only Son, to Thee,
All Glory, Holy Paraclete,
As now, so is it ever meet.
THANKS BE TO GOD.
T. HARRISON, PRINTER, BRIGGATE, LEEDS.