Sin can never taint thee now,
Nor doubt thy faith assail,

Nor thy meek trust in Jesus Christ
And the Holy Spirit fail;

And there thou 'rt sure to meet the good,
Whom on earth thou lovedst best,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.

Earth to earth," and "dust to dust,"
The solemn priest hath said;

So we lay the turf above thee now,
And we seal thy narrow bed:
But thy spirit, brother, soars away,
Among the faithful blest,

Where the wicked cease from troubling,

And the weary are at rest.

And when the Lord shall summon us,
Whom thou hast left behind,
May we, untainted by the world,

As sure a welcome find;

May each, like thee, depart in peace,

To be a glorious guest,

Where the wicked cease from troubling,

And the weary are at rest.

MILMAN.

ANCIENT HYMN.

I

DIES iræ, dies illa,

Solvet sæclum in favilla,

Teste David cum Sybilla.

II.

Quantus tremor est futurus, Quandò Judex est venturus, Cuncta strictè discussurus!

III.

Tuba mirum spargens sonum,
Per sepulcra regionum,
Coget omnes ante thronum.

IV.

Mors stupebit, et natura,
Cùm resurget creatura,
Judicanti responsura.

V.

Liber scriptus proferetur,
In quo totum continetur,
Undè mundus judicetur.

VI.

Judex ergò cùm sedebit,
Quidquid latet, apparebit :
Nil inultum remanebit.

THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.

I.

Day of doom! that dreadful day!
Heaven and earth shall pass away -
Sybils thus and prophets say.

II.

Dire shall then the trembling be!
Man his coming Judge shall see
Judge that judgeth righteously.

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,
Wherein every deed is read

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.

F

VII.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cùm vix justus sit securus.

VIII.

Rex tremendæ majestatis,
Qui salvandos salvas gratis,
Salva me, fons pietatis.

IX.

Recordare, Jesu pie,
Quòd sum causa tuæ viæ;
Ne me perdas illâ die.

X.

Quærens me, sedisti lassus :
Redemisti, crucem passus :
Tantus labor non sit cassus.

XI.

Juste Judex ultionis,

Donum fac remissionis

Ante diem rationis.

XII.

Ingemisco tanquam reus:
Culpâ rubet vultus meus:
Supplicanti parce, Deus.

XIII.

Qui Mariam absolvisti,
Et latronem exaudisti,
Mihi quoque spem dedisti.

VII.

What shall then a sinner plead ?
Who for me shall intercede,

When the righteous scarce is freed ?

VIII.

Thou, who sav'st for love alone,
Deign, from thy dread judgment throne,
Fount of pity! me to own.

IX.

Oh! forget not, in that day,
Jesus! thou, when veiled in clay,
Trodst for me thy lowly way:

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,
Heardst the thief upon the tree;
Hope thou givest e'en to me.