Our day of praise is done
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Our day of praise is done; The evening shadows fall; But pass not from us with the sun, True Light that lightenest all. Around the throne on high, Where night can never be, The white-robed harpers of the sky Bring ceaseless hymns to thee. Too faint our anthems here; Too soon of praise we tire: But O the strains how full and clear Of that eternal choir! Yet, Lord, to thy dear will If thou attune the heart, We in thine angels' music still May bear our lower part. 'Tis thine each soul to calm, Each wayward thought reclaim, And make our life a daily psalm Of glory to thy name. A little while, and then Shall come the glorious end; And songs of angels and of men In perfect praise shall blend. |
Sub noctis tenebras laudem confecimus: ne tu cum sole lateas, qui luces omnibus. Tenebrae non erunt ubi altus tu sedes et candidati te canunt usque fidicines. Nos aegre canimus (laudandi mox piget), caelestis ille sed chorus mirandum(st) ut sonet. Sed corda, Domine, si modulaberis, voces licet subiungere nostras angelicis. Pacatas animas in via rexeris, vitamque psalma facias decusque nominis. Condentur saecula, citoque tempus it, commixta cum angelica et nostra laus erit. |