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Hymns
St Ambrose of Milan, tr. Copeland, 1848
Chapter 19
The Third Day. At Vespers.
Creator, great and good,
Who broughtst the mountains forth,
And rolling back th’ o’erwhelming flood,
Didst fix th’ enthronèd earth,
Where rob’d in verdure meet,
And crown’d with golden flowers,
And teeming with her fruitage sweet,
Delightsome food she showers;
Cleanse with Thy freshening grace
Our blighted spirit’s sore;
Let her with tears the past efface,
And learn to sin no more:
But hearkening to Thy voice,
Escape each blasting breath,
With goodness fill’d in life rejoice,
Nor know the sting of death.
This grant us, Father kind,
And Thou, Co-equal Son,
And Holy Ghost, with Both enshrin’d,
Eternal Three in One.