Religion
Darkness is thinning
Translated by John Mason Neale (from the Latin of St. Gregory the Great) · From A New Library of Poetry and Song, ed. William Cullen Bryant (1877)
Darkness is thinning; shadows are retreating;
Morning and light are coming in their beauty;
Suppliant seek we, with an earnest outcry,
God the Almighty!
So that our Master, having mercy on us,
May repel languor, may bestow salvation,
Granting us, Father, of thy loving-kindness
Glory hereafter!
This, of his mercy, ever-blessed Godhead,
Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, give us, —
Whom through the wide world celebrate forever
Blessing and glory!
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Neale, John Mason. “Darkness is thinning.” Translated by John Mason Neale. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/neale/5/.
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Neale, John Mason. “Darkness is thinning.” Translated by John Mason Neale. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/neale/5/.
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