Religion
Maker of the world, we pray
Translated by John Brownlie (1896) · From Hymns of the Early Church (1896)
Maker of the world, we pray,
Ere the dark of night surround us,
Let Thy love beside us stay,
Throw protecting arms around us.
Phantoms of the night away!
Let no evil dream affect us;
Pure as falls the light of day,
From the taint of sin protect us.
Hear us, Father, when we cry;
Hear us, Christ, Thy grace extending;
Hear us, Spirit, throned on high,
Three in one, through years unending.
Codex Note
Latin: Te lucis ante terminum. Brownlie: sometimes ascribed to St. Ambrose; found in eleventh-century hymnaries and in the Roman, Paris, Sarum, York and Aberdeen Breviaries. Author doubtful.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Maker of the world, we pray.” Translated by John Brownlie. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/5/.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Maker of the world, we pray.” Translated by John Brownlie. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/5/.
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