We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, in glory everlasting. O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them, and lift them up for ever. Day by day we magnify thee; And we worship thy name ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us; have mercy upon us ; O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. Credimus te mox venturum Pretioso sanguine. Fac beatis adscribamur, Tuum tene populum. Indies te honoramus, Sine fine laudem damus. Hodie nos tueare Miserescas, Domine. Fulgeat pro spe fideli Noli me confundere. ELYSIUM. Beyond the Acherontian pool The happy soul hath come: And hark, what music on the breeze? 'Twas like the tune of summer-bees, A myriad-floating hum. From spirits like himself it flow'd, That melody of sound: It is Elysian ground. Are given these happy glades; Where they, from all corruption free, In unrestricted liberty May dwell, etherial shades. All shrubs for them of rich perfume, Amaracus and myrtle bloom, And flowers of brightest hue, THE SAME TRANSLATED. Felix paludem trans Acherontiam Sedes ad optatas piorum et Elysios venit Umbra lucos: At vox susurrans innumerabilis Adfertur aures : qualis apum solet Æstiva misceri caterva, et Cum strepitu glomerare carmen; Gratantium illi turba sodalium Occurrit ingens : mollior halitus Inspirat aurarum, micantque Purpurei super arva coeli. Virtute functis hic animis datur Casto Deorum munere perfrui ; Hic labis immunesque lethi Aeriæ spatiantur Umbræ. Flores amcenos inter et arbores Laurique collatæque myrti Dulcis odos, hyacinthinâque And silver-sparkling rivers meet, Their verdant shores along; And babbling water-song. There is no bound of time or place; Advancing as he wills : The tender bosom thrills. And memory is unmixt with pain, Though consciousness they still retain Of joys they left behind : Whate'er on earth they held most dear, To pure enjoyment hallow'd here |