ANCIENT HYMN. I. DIES iræ, dies illa, Solvet sæclum in favilla, II. Quantus tremor est futurus, III. Tuba mirum spargens sonum, IV. Mors stupebit, et natura, V. Liber scriptus proferetur, VI. Judex ergò cùm sedebit, THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 1. DAY of doom! that dreadful day! Heaven and earth shall pass away— Sybils thus and prophets say. II. Dire shall then the trembling be! III. Hark! the trumpet's thrilling tone, Through the tombs of ages gone, Summons all before the throne. IV. Death, aghast, his realms hath fled: Lo! to judgment, from their bed, Wake the nations of the dead. V. Lo! the book of doom outspread, Deed and thought, of quick and dead. VI. On his throne the Judge is seated; Now must vengeance due be meted, Each disguise of guilt defeated. VII. Quid sum miser tunc dicturus ? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cùm vix justus sit securus. VIII. Rex tremendæ majestatis, IX. Recordare, Jesu pie, Quòd sum causa tuæ viæ; X. Quærens me, sedisti lassus- XI. Juste Judex ultionis, Donum fac remissionis Ante diem rationis. XII. Ingemisco tanquam reus ; XIII. Qui Mariam absolvisti, VII. What shall then a sinner plead ? When the righteous scarce is freed? VIII. Thou, who sav'st for love alone, IX Oh! forget not, in that day, X. Me to seek, didst toil and pain— XI. Righteous Judge, of vengeance dread! Free forgiveness on me shed, Ere the day of grace be sped. XII. Deeply groans my breast with shame: Crimsoned is my face for blame : Spare me, Lord, for thy dear name. XIII. Thou didst set the adultress free, XIV. Preces meæ non sunt dignæ, XV. Inter oves locum præsta, XVI. Confutatis maledictis, XVII. Oro supplex et acclinis, ANCIENT HYMN. |