THE EXPRESS IMAGE
τψ Tzpd των αΙώνων,
Him, of the Father’s very Essence
Begotten, ere the world began,
And, in the latter time, of Mary,
Without a human sire, made Man:
Unto Him, this glorious morn,
Be the strain outpoured;
Thou that liftest …
CHRISTMAS DAY
Χριστός Ytwarat’ δοξάααεη. ‘
Christ is born! Tell forth his fame!
Christ from Heaven! His love proclaim!
Christ on earth! Exalt his Name!
Sing to the Lord, O world, with exultation!
Break forth in glad thanksgiving, every nation!
For He hath triumphed gloriously!
Man, in …
GOD COMES
^0 Κύριος έρχεται.
God comes! — and who shall stand before His fear?
Who bide His Presence, when He draweth near?
My soul, my soul, prepare
To kneel before Him there!
Haste, — weep, — be reconciled to Him before
The fearful judgment …
THE DARK MYSTERY
μέγα τό μυστήριον.
“Christ, we turn our eyes to Thee,
And this mighty mystery!
Habakkuk exclaimed of old,
In the Holy Spirit bold,
‘Thou shalt come in time appointed.
For the help of Thine anointed!’”
Taste of myrrh He deigned to know,
Who redeemed the source …
FIX ME FIRMLY
στερέωσαν με, Χριστέ,
“On the rock of Thy commandments
Fix me firmly, lest I slide:
With the glory of Thy Presence
Cover me on every side;
Seeing none save Thee is holy,
God, forever glorified!”
New immortal out of …
FOR ALL SAINTS
τάς έδρας τάς αΙωνΙας,
Those eternal bowers
Man hath never trod,
Those unfading flowers
Round the Throne of God:
Who may hope to gain them
After weary fight?
Who at length attain them
Clad in robes of white?
He …
THE DAWN IS SΡRΙΝΚLIΝG
Aurora jam spargit polum.
The dawn is sprinkling in the east
Its golden shower, as day flows in;
Fast mount the pointed shafts of light; —
Farewell to darkness and to sin!
Away, ye midnight phantoms all!
Away, …
JERUSALEM
φωτίζοο^ φωτίζου.
Thou New Jerusalem, arise and shine!
The glory of the Lord on thee hath risen
Sion, exult! rejoice with joy divine,
Mother of God! Thy Son hath burst his prison.
O Heavenly Voice! O word of purest …
THE FURNACE
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Who from the fiery furnace saved the Three,
Suffers as mortal; that, His passion o’er,
This mortal, triumphing o’er death, might be
Vested with immortality once more.
He Whom our fathers still …
LET US RISE IN EARLY MORNING
όρθρίσωμεν δρθου βαθέος.
Let us rise in early morning
And, instead of ointments, bring
Hymns of praises to our Master,
And his Resurrection sing:
We shall see the Sun of Justice
Risen with healing on His wing.
Thy unbounded …