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St Ambrose of Milan, tr. Copeland, 1848
Chapter 27
Saturday. At Matins.
Parental Source of Love Divine,
Of all Creation Lord,
In Substance One, in Persons Trine,
God, evermore ador’d!
Of Thine all-pitying goodness hear
The tearful chant we pour,
That we, with hearts from sin made clear,
May love Thee more and more.
Our loins and reins, their sickness deep
Bathe in Thy cleansing fire;
And girded let us wake and weep,
And cleanse each wrong desire.
So we who now in anthems break
Our midnight hours of rest,
May of Thy Fulness all partake,
In Thy true Sabbath blest.
This grant us, Father, ever kind,
And Thou, Co-equal Son,
And Holy Ghost with Both enshrin’d,
Eternal Three in One.