294. CHUKCH POETRY. 413
'Tis the Day of Resurrection.
BY ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS.
'Tis the Day of Resurrection,
Earth, tell it out abroad 1 The Passover of gladness,
The Passover of God ! From death to life eternal,
From earth unto the sky, Our Christ hath brought us over,
With hymns of victory.
Our hearts be pure from evil,
That we may see aright The Lord in rays eternal
Of resurrection light : And, listening to His accents,
May hear, so calm and plain, His own "All hail !"— and hearing,
May raise the victor strain.
Now let the heavens be joyful I
Let earth her song begin ! Let the round world keep triumph,
And all that is therein : In grateful exultation
Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord hath risen,
Our joy that hath no end.
Jesu, name all names above. ('Irjaov yhvKVTaTe.)
BY ST. THEOCTISTUS OF THE STUDITTM.
Jesu, name all names above,
Jesu, best and dearest, Jesu, Fount of perfect love,"
Holiest, tenderest, nearest! Jesu, source of grace completes!, Jesu truest, Jesu sweetest,
Jesu, Well of power divine,
Make me, keep me, seal me Thine !
414 FOURTH PERIOD. A. D. 590-1049.
Jesu, open me the gate
Which the sinner entered, Who in his last dying state
Wholly on Thee ventured. Thou whose wounds are ever pleading, And Thy passion interceding, From my misery let me rise To a home in Paradise 1
Thou didst call the prodigal ;
Thou didst pardon Mary : Thpu whose words can never fall
Love can never vary, Lord, amidst my lost condition Give — for Thou canst give — contrition I
Thou canst pardon all mine ill
If Thou wilt : O say, " I will 1"
Woe, that I have turned aside
After fleshly pleasure ! Woe, that I have never tried
For the heavenly treasure I Treasure, safe in homes supernal; Incorruptible, eternal !
Treasure no less price hath won.
Than the Passion of the Son I
Jesu, crowned with thorns for me, Scourged for my transgression I
Witnessing, through agony, That Thy good confession ;
Jesu, clad in purple raiment,
For my evils making payment ; Let not all thy woe and pain, Let not Calvary be in vain I
When I reach Death's bitter sea, , And its waves roll higher,
Help the more forsaking me, As the storm draws nigher :
Jesu, leave me not to languish,
Helpless, hopeless, full of anguish! Tell me,—" Verily, I say, Thou shalt be with me to-day 1"
$94. CHURCH POETRY. 415
Art thou weary f
(K^rroy re Kal Ka.fj.arov.)
By ST. STEPHEN THE SABAITE.
Art thou weary, art thou languid,
Art thou sore distrest ? " Come to me " — saith One — " and coming, Be at rest I"
Hath He marks to lead me to Him,
If He be my Guide?
" In His feet and hands are wound-prints, And His side."
Is there diadem, as Monarch,
That His brow adorns ? " Yea, a crown in very surety, But of thorns!1'
If I find Him, if I follow,
What His guerdon here ? " Many a sorrow, many a labor, Many a tear."
If I still hold closely to Him,
What hath He at last? "Sorrow vanquished, labor ended, Jordan past!"
If I ask Him to receive me,
Will He say me nay ? 11 Not till earth, and not till heaven Pass away!"
Finding, following, keeping, struggling,
Is He sure to bless ? " Angels, martyrs, prophets, virgins, Answer, Yes 1"
416 FOURTH PEKIOD. A.D. 590-1049.
§ 95. Latin Hymnody. Literature.
See vol. III. 585 sqq. The following list covers the whole mediseval
period of Latin hymnody. I. Latin Collections.
The Breviaries and Missals. The hymnological collections of CLICH- TOV.EUS (Paris 1515, Bas. 1517 and 1519), CASSANDER (Col. 1556), ELLINGER (Frankf. a. M. 1578), GEORG FABRICIUS (Poetarum Veterum ecclesiasticorum Opera, Bas. 1564). See the full titles of Breviaries and these older collections in Daniel, vol. I. XIII-XXI1. and vol. II. VIII-XIV.
Cardinal Jos. MARIA THOMASIUS (Tomasi, 1649-1713, one of the chief expounders of the liturgy and ceremonies of the Roman church) : Opera Omnia. Rom. 1741 sqq., 7 vols. The second volume, p. 351-403, contains the Hymnarium de anni circulo, etc., for which he compared the oldest Vatican and other Italian MSS. of hymns down to the eighth century. The same vol. includes the Breviarium Psalterii. The fourth (1749) contains the Responsorialia et antiphonaria Romance ecclesice, and the sixth vol. (1751) a collection of Missals. Thorn asius is still very valuable. Daniel calls his book "fons primarius."
AUG. JAK. RAMBACH (Luth. Pastor in Hamburg, b. 1777, d. 1851): Anthologie christlicher Gesdnge aus alien Jahrh. der christl. Kirche. Altona and Leipzig 1817-1833, 6 vols. The first vol. contains Latin hymns with German translations and notes. The other volumes contain only German hymns, especially since the Reformation. Rambach was a pioneer in hymnology.
Jos. KEHREIN (R. C.) : Lat. Anthologie aus den christl. Dichtern des Mittelalters. Frankfurt a. m. 1840. See his larger work below.
[JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, Anglican, joined the Rom. Ch. 1845] : Hymni Ecclesice. Lond. (Macmillan) 1838; new ed. 1865 (401 pages). Con tains only hymns from the Paris, Roman, and Anglican Breviaries. The preface to the first part is signed " J. H. N." and dated Febr. 21, 1838, but no name appears on the title page. About the same time Card. N. made his translations of Breviary hymns, which are noticed below, sub. III.
H. A. DANIEL (Lutheran, d. 1871) : Thesaurus Hymnologicus. Lips. 1841-1856, 5 Tomi. The first, second, fourth and fifth vols. contain Lat. hymns, the fourth Greek and Syrian h. A rich standard col lection, but in need of revision.
F. J. MONE (R. Cath. d. 1871) : Lateinische Hymnen des Mittelalters. Frei burg i. B. 1853-'55, 3 vols. From MSS with notes. Contains in all 1215 hymns divided into three divisions of almost equal size; (1) Hymns to God and the angels (461 pages) ; (2) Hymns to the Virgin Mary (457 pages) ; (3) Hymns to saints (579 pages).