Latin Hymns

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B.H. Sanborn, 1904 - Hymn writers - 86 pages
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Page 54 - O lux beatissima, Reple cordis intima Tuorum fidelium Sine tuo numine, Nihil est in homine. Nihil est innoxium, Lava quod est sordidum...
Page 63 - Cuncta stricte discussurus! Tuba mirum spargens sonum Per sepulcra regionum, Coget omnes ante thronum. Mors stupebit et natura, Cum resurget creatura, Judicanti responsura.
Page 64 - Ingemisco tanquam reus, culpa rubet vultus meus ; supplicanti parce, Deus. Qui Mariam absolvisti et latronem exaudisti, mihi quoque spem dedisti ; Preces meae non sunt dignae, sed tu, bonus, fac benigne, ne perenni cremer igne. Inter oves locum praesta et ab haedis me sequestra statuens in parte dextra; Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis, voca me cum benedictis.
Page viii - Splendor paternae gloriae, De luce lucem proferens, Lux lucis et fons luminis, Diem dies illuminans, Verusque sol illabere, Micans nitore perpeti, Iubarque Sancti Spiritus Infunde nostris sensibus.
Page 37 - Hora novissima, tempora pessima sunt, vigilemus, Ecce minaciter imminet arbiter ille supremus Imminet, imminet ut mala terminet, aequa coronet, Recta remuneret, anxia liberet, aethera donet, Auferat aspera duraque pondera mentis onustae, Sobria muniat, improba puniat, utraque juste.
Page 19 - Gloria, laus, et honor, tibi sit Rex Christe Redemptor : Cui puerile decus prompsit Hosanna pium.
Page 29 - ... flos perpetuus rosarum ver agit perpetuum; candent lilia, rubescit crocus, sudat balsamum. virent prata, vernant sata, rivi mellis influunt; pigmentorum spirat odor, liquor et aromatum; pendent poma floridorum non lapsura nemorum. non alternat luna vices, sol vel cursus siderum; agnus est felicis urbis lumen inocciduum; nox et tempus desunt ei; diem fert continuum.
Page 77 - The several volumes are prepared by special editors, who aim to revise the text carefully and to edit it in the most serviceable manner. Where there are German editions of unusual merit, representing years of special study under the most favorable circumstances, these are used, with the consent of the foreign editor, as a basis for tha American edition.
Page 78 - PLAUTUS, Menaechmi, based upon the edition of Brix. By HAROLD N. FOWLER, Ph.D., Professor in the Western Reserve University. Ready.

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