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Page vii
... seem to require , and I can only hope that my English versions have not suffered too much as a result . In a work like the present book incorrect references are a nuisance to the reader but hard for the writer to avoid . I am therefore ...
... seem to require , and I can only hope that my English versions have not suffered too much as a result . In a work like the present book incorrect references are a nuisance to the reader but hard for the writer to avoid . I am therefore ...
Page xv
... seem to have considered this essential element of song . The results have been most unhappy , and some of them are noted in the course of this book . The Psalms are rightly called hymns , for they are the praise of God in song ; but the ...
... seem to have considered this essential element of song . The results have been most unhappy , and some of them are noted in the course of this book . The Psalms are rightly called hymns , for they are the praise of God in song ; but the ...
Page xvi
... seem to have had no difficulty about that in those days . It may perhaps be that he did not write his hymns for strictly liturgical use , but it was not long before hymns were being used in the liturgy , so that he is rightly styled the ...
... seem to have had no difficulty about that in those days . It may perhaps be that he did not write his hymns for strictly liturgical use , but it was not long before hymns were being used in the liturgy , so that he is rightly styled the ...
Page xvii
... seem to have had a very long life . The unrevised text of the hymns was used by Quignon in his Breviary and also in the Breviary of Pius V. But the desire for reform was still present and the seventeenth century saw the desire fulfilled ...
... seem to have had a very long life . The unrevised text of the hymns was used by Quignon in his Breviary and also in the Breviary of Pius V. But the desire for reform was still present and the seventeenth century saw the desire fulfilled ...
Page xxii
... seem , ought to be classed as dactylic and not , as is often stated , as Asclepiad . An Asclepiad must begin with a spondee , which is impossible in accentual poetry since two succeeding syllables cannot be accented . Its fourth line is ...
... seem , ought to be classed as dactylic and not , as is often stated , as Asclepiad . An Asclepiad must begin with a spondee , which is impossible in accentual poetry since two succeeding syllables cannot be accented . Its fourth line is ...
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Adam of St Aeterna angels antiphon Apostles Asclepiad Author beata blessed blood Breviary Breviary hymns caeli caritas catalectic century Christ Christian Compline conditor corona Corpus creator Cujus dactyl death decus Deus Dies irae dimeter Dominus doxology earth Easter eternal faith Father feast fides Fortunatus gift give glory God's grace gratia Haec heart heaven heavenly holy honour iambic dimeter Jesus king Latin Lauds light Lord lucis man's martyrs Mary mater Matins meaning Metre mother munera nobis Notes on Hymn nunc omnes original Patris Pentecost praise prayer Prudentius quae quam quod redeemer redemptor refers rerum revisers rhyme saints salutis sanctis Sapphic sing sins sorrow soul Spiritus spondee St Ambrose St Thomas terra tibi trimeter Trochaic trochee tuis Unknown Veni verse Vespers Vespers and Matins Virgin Virgo vitae words
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Page 12 - Christe. Tu Patris sempiternus es Filius. Tu, ad liberandum suscepturus hominem, non horruisti Virginis uterum.
Page 174 - Eia Mater, fons amoris ! Me sentire vim doloris Fac, ut tecum lugeam. Fac, ut ardeat cor meum In amando Christum Deum Ut sibi complaceam.
Page 33 - Deus: Fiat lux. Et facta est lux. Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona, et divisit lucem a tenebris. Appellavitque lucem diem et tenebras noctem. Factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
Page 37 - Dixit autem Deus : Fiant luminaria in firmamento cceli, et dividant diem ac noctem : et sint in signa et tempora, et dies, et annos : et luceant in firmamento coeli, et illuminent terram.
Page 12 - Dignare, Domine, die isto sine peccato nos custodire. Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri. Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos quemadmodum speravimus in te. In te, Domine, speravi ; non confundar in aeternum.
Page 88 - I saw the tomb of the now living Christ. I saw the glory of Christ, now risen. "I saw angels who gave witness; the cloths too which once had covered head and limbs. "Christ my hope has arisen. He will go before his own into Galilee.
Page 35 - Et ait: Germinet terra herbam virentem et facientem semen, et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum juxta genus suum, cujus semen in semetipso sit super terram.
Page 44 - Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae. Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes In hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes Oculos ad nos converte. Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, Nobis post hoc exilium ostende. O Clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.
Page 10 - TE DEUM laudamus : te Dominum confitemur. Te aeternum patrem omnis terra veneratur. Tibi omnes angeli, tibi caeli et universae potestates, Tibi cherubim et seraphim incessabili voce proclamant Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth, Pleni sunt caeli et terra majestatis gloriae tuae.
Page 242 - Et ab hoedis me sequestra. Statuens in parte dextra. Confutatis maledictis, Flammis acribus addictis, Voca me cum benedictis. Oro supplex et acclinis, Cor contritum quasi cinis : Gere curam mei finis. Lacrymosa dies ilia, Qua resurget ex favilla, Judicandus homo reus. Huic ergo parce Deus, Pie Jesu, Domine, Dona eis requiem. Amen.