Cantet nunc Io
Chorus Angelorum:
Cantet nunc aula cœlestium,
Gloria in excelsis Deo:
Venite adoremus, etc.
All ye choirs of angels,
Come, alleluia! sing,
Sing all ye citizens of heaven above,
Glory to God in the highest heavens:
O come, let us adore, etc.
Ergo qui natus
Die hodierna,
Jesu, tibi sit gloria:
Patris æterni
Verbum caro factum;
Venite adoremus, etc.
Amen.
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning:
O Jesus, now to Thee be glory given,
Word of the Father,
In our flesh appearing:
O come, let us adore, etc.
Amen.
13.
THE HOLY INNOCENTS, AT VESPERS.
SALVETE, flores martyrum,
Quos lucis ipso in limine
Christi insecutor sustulit,
Ceu turbo nascentes rosas.
LOVELY flowers of Martyrs, hail!
Smitten by the tyrant foe
On life's threshold—as the gale
Strews the roses ere they blow.
Vos prima Christi victima,
Grex immolatorum tener,
Aram sub ipsam simplices
Palma et coronis luditis.
First to bleed for Christ, sweet lambs!
What a simple death ye died!
Sporting with your wreath and palms
At the very altar-side!
Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui natus es de Virgine,
Cum Patre et almo Spiritu,
In sempitema sæcula.
Amen.
Honor, glory, virtue, merit,
Be to Thee, O Virgin's Son,
With the Father, and the Spirit,
While eternal ages run.
