36 Saturday Morning
JAM LUCIS ORTO SIDERE
Frequently ascribed to Ambrose, but not by his Benedictine editors. A rendering of it by Dr. Neale is one of the morning hymns in “Hymns Ancient and Modern,” “Now that the daylight fills the sky” (No. 4); but the rendering has been considerably altered by the editors.
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See in the east the morn arise; Seek, wingèd prayer, the glowing skies; Bring help from Heaven, that all our way Be pleasing to our God this day. | May He restrain from words of sin; For bitter strife give calm within; Veil from our eyes the garish light, That lures the soul to darkest night. | Pure may our inmost heart remain From evil thoughts and fancies vain; 37 And may the curb our flesh control, That drags to earth the aspiring soul. | So, when the last stray beams of light Shall fade before the return of night, Kept in the path our feet have trod, We shall give glory to our God. | To God the Father, throned in heaven, To Christ, the one begotten Son, And to the Holy Ghost be praise, Now, and while endless ages run. | |