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Hymns
St Ambrose of Milan, tr. Copeland, 1848
Chapter 26
The Sixth Day. At Vespers.
Who madest man to live,—
Who from their parent earth
With All-creative might didst give
Wild beast and reptile birth;
Huge shapes of every hue,
Alive at Thy command,
All subject, in their seasons due,
To Thy frail servant’s hand;
Subdue, Creator Blest,
Whate’er wild lust impels,
Or, made familiar, haunts the breast,
Or through the actions steals.
Give us Thy crown of joy,
Grant us Thy gifts of grace,
The grating chains of strife destroy,
And knit the bonds of peace.
This grant us, Father kind,
And Thou, Co-equal Son,
And Holy Ghost, with Both enshrin’d,
Eternal Three in One.