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Hymns
St Ambrose of Milan, tr. Copeland, 1848
Chapter 4
Tuesday. At Matins.
Co-equal in Thy Father’s Light,
Light of the light and day,
Our midnight anthems break the night;
Be with us while we pray.
Lift off the soul’s o’erclouding veil;
Bid hell’s black legions fly;
The spirit of deep sleep dispel,
Lest we sleep on and die.
Lord, to us all this mercy grant,
Who do on Thee believe,
And pray Thee this our matin chant
In mercy to receive.
Grant, Father ever good and kind,
And Thou, Co-equal Son,
And Holy Ghost, with Both enshrin’d,
Eternal Three in One.