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Newly Translated Into English Verse By R Martin Pope is below this original	A
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Hymnus Ante Somnum	B
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Ades Pater supreme	B
quem nemo vidit unquam	B
Patrisque sermo Christe	C
et Spiritus benigne	D
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O Trinitatis huius	E
vis una lumen unum	B
Deus ex Deo perennis	E
Deus ex utroque missus	E
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Fluxit labor diei	C
redit et quietis hora	F
blandus sopor vicissim	B
fessos relaxat artus	E
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Mens aestuans procellis	E
curisque sauciata	C
totis bibit medullis	E
obliviale poclum	B
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Serpit per omne corpus	E
Lethaea vis nec ullum	B
miseris doloris aegri	F
patitur manere sensum	B
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Lex haec data est caducis	E
Deo iubente membris	E
ut temperet laborem	B
medicabilis voluptas	E
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Sed dum pererrat omnes	E
quies amica venas	E
pectusque feriatum	B
placat rigante somno	D
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Liber vagat per auras	E
rapido vigore sensus	E
variasque per figuras	E
quae sunt operta cernit	C
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Quia mens soluta curis	E
cui est origo caelum	B
purusque fons ab aethra	F
iners iacere nescit	C
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Imitata multiformes	E
facies sibi ipsa fingit	C
per quas repente currens	E
tenui fruatur actu	C
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Sed sensa somniantum	B
dispar fatigat horror	F
nunc splendor intererrat	C
qui dat futura nosse	E
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Plerumque dissipatis	E
mendax imago veris	E
animos pavore maestos	E
ambage fallit atra	F
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Quem rara culpa morum	B
non polluit frequenter	F
nunc lux serena vibrans	E
res edocet latentes	E
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At qui coinquinatum	B
vitiis cor inpiavit	C
lusus pavore multo	C
species videt tremendas	E
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Hoc patriarcha noster	F
sub carceris catena	F
geminis simul ministris	E
interpres adprobavit	C
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Quorum reversus unus	E
dat poculum tyranno	F
ast alterum rapaces	E
fixum vorant volucres	E
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Ipsum deinde regem	B
perplexa somniantem	B
monuit famem futuram	B
clausis cavere acervis	E
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Mox praesul ac tetrarches	E
regnum per omne iussus	E
sociam tenere virgam	B
dominae resedit aulae	A
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O quam profunda iustis	E
arcana per soporem	B
aperit tuenda Christus	E
quam clara quam tacenda	C
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Evangelista summi	B
fidissimus magistri	F
signata quae latebant	C
nebulis videt remotis	E
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ipsum tonantis agnum	B
de caede purpurantem	B
qui conscium futuri	F
librum resignat unus	E
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Huius manum potentem	B
gladius perarmat anceps	E
et fulgurans utrimque	G
duplicem minatur ictum	B
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Quaesitor ille solus	E
animaeque corporisque	G
ensisque bis timendus	E
prima ac secunda mors est	C
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idem tamen benignus	E
ultor retundit iram	B
paucosque non piorum	B
patitur perire in aevum	B
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Huic inclitus perenne	F
tribuit Pater tribunal	A
hunc obtinere iussit	C
nomen supra omne nomen	F
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Hic praepotens cruenti	C
extinctor antichristi	C
qui de furente monstro	F
pulchrum refert tropaeum	B
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Quam bestiam capacem	B
populosque devorantem	B
quam sanguinis charybdem	B
Ioannis execratur	F
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Haec nempe quae sacratum	B
praeferre nomen ausa est	C
imam petit gehennam	B
Christo perempta vero	F
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Tali sopore iustus	E
mentem relaxat heros	E
ut spiritu sagaci	E
caelum peragret omne	F
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Nos nil meremur horum	B
quos creber inplet error	F
concreta quos malarum	B
vitiat cupido rerum	B
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Sat est quiete dulci	E
fessum fovere corpus	E
sat si nihil sinistrum	B
vanae minentur umbrae	F
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Cultor Dei memento	F
te fontis et lavacri	F
rorem subisse sanctum	B
te chrismate innotatum	B
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Fac cum vocante somno	F
castum petis cubile	A
frontem locumque cordis	E
crucis figura signet	C
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Crux pellit omne crimen	F
fugiunt crucem tenebrae	F
tali dicata signo	F
mens fluctuare nescit	C
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Procul o procul vagantum	B
portenta somniorum	B
procul esto pervicaci	E
praestigiator astu	C
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O tortuose serpens	E
qui mille per Maeandros	E
fraudesque flexuosas	E
agitas quieta corda	C
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Discede Christus hic est	C
hic Christus est liquesce	E
signum quod ipse nosti	C
damnat tuam catervam	B
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Corpus licet fatiscens	E
iaceat recline paullum	B
Christum tamen sub ipso	E
meditabimur sopore	F
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Hymn Before Sleep	H
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Draw near Almighty Father	F
Ne'er seen by mortal eye	I
Come O Thou Word eternal	A
O Spirit blest be nigh	I
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One light of threefold Godhead	C
One power that all transcends	E
God is of God begotten	F
And God from both descends	E
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The hour of rest approaches	E
The toils of day are past	C
And o'er our tired bodies	E
Sleep's gentle charm is cast	C
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The mind by cares tormented	C
Amid life's storm and stress	E
Drinks deep the wondrous potion	F
That brings forgetfulness	E
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O'er weary toil worn mortals	E
The spells of Lethe steal	A
Sad hearts lose all their sorrow	F
Nor pain nor anguish feel	A
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For to His frail creation	F
God gave this law to keep	H
That labour should be lightened	C
By soft and healing sleep	H
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But while sweet languor wanders	E
Through all the pulsing veins	E
And wrapt in dewy slumber	F
The heart at rest remains	E
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The soul in wakeful vigour	F
Aloft in freedom flies	E
And sees in many a semblance	E
The hidden mysteries	E
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For freed from care the spirit	C
That came from out the sky	I
Born of the stainless aether	F
Can never idle lie	I
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A thousand changing phantoms	E
She fashions through the night	C
And 'midst a world of fancy	E
Pursues her rapid flight	C
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But divers are the visions	E
That night to dreamers shows	E
Rare gleams of straying splendour	F
The future may disclose	E
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More oft the truth is darkened	C
And lying fantasy	E
Deceives the affrighted sleeper	F
With cunning treachery	E
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To him whose life is holy	E
The things that are concealed	C
Lie open to his spirit	C
In radiant light revealed	C
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But he whose heart is blackened	C
With many a sin imbued	C
Sees phantoms grim and ghastly	E
That beckon and delude	C
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So in the Egyptian dungeon	F
The patriarch of old	C
Unto the king's two servants	E
Their fateful visions told	C
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And one is brought from prison	F
The monarch's wine to pour	F
One on the gibbet hanging	G
Foul birds of prey devour	F
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He warned the king distracted	C
By riddles of the night	C
To hoard the plenteous harvests	E
Against the years of blight	C
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Soon lord of half a kingdom	B
A mighty potentate	C
He shares the royal sceptre	F
And dwells in princely state	C
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But ah how deep the secrets	E
The holy sleeper sees	E
To whom Christ shows His highest	C
Most sacred mysteries	E
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For God's most faithful servant	C
The clouds were rolled away	J
And John beheld the wonders	E
That sealed from mortals lay	J
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The Lamb of God encrimsoned	C
With sacrificial stains	E
Alone the Book can open	F
That destiny contains	E
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By His strong hand is wielded	C
A keen two edg d brand	C
That flashing like the lightning	G
Smites swift on either hand	C
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Before His bar of judgment	C
Both soul and body lie	I
He whom that dread sword smiteth	K
The second death shall die	I
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Yet mercy tempers justice	E
And few the Avenger sends	E
Whose guilt is past all pardon	F
To death that never ends	E
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To Him the Father yieldeth	K
The judgment seat of Heaven	F
To Him a Name excelling	G
All other names is given	F
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For by His strength transcendent	C
Shall Antichrist be slain	F
And from that raging monster	F
Fair trophies shall He gain	F
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That all devouring Dragon	F
With blood of martyrs red	C
On whose abhorr d power	F
John's solemn curse is laid	C
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And thus the proud usurper	F
Of His high name is cast	C
By Him the true Christ vanquished	C
To deepest hell at last	C
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Upon the saint heroic	G
Such wondrous slumber falls	E
That in the spirit roaming	G
He treads heaven's highest halls	E
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We may not in our weakness	E
To dreams like these aspire	F
Whose souls are steeped in error	F
And evil things desire	F
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Enough if weary bodies	E
In peaceful sleep may rest	C
Enough if no dark powers	E
Our slumbering souls molest	C
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Christian the font remember	F
The sacramental vow	L
The holy water sprinkled	C
The oil that marked thy brow	L
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When at sleep's call thou seekest	C
To rest in slumber chaste	C
Let first the sacred emblem	B
On breast and brow be traced	C
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The Cross dispels all darkness	E
All sin before it flies	E
And by that sign protected	C
The mind all fear defies	E
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Avaunt ye fleeting phantoms	E
That mock our midnight hours	E
Avaunt thou great Deceiver	L
With all thy guileful powers	E
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Thou Serpent old and crafty	C
Who by a thousand arts	E
And manifold temptations	E
Dost vex our sleeping hearts	E
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Vanish for Christ is with us	E
Away 'tis Christ the Lord	C
The sign thou must acknowledge	M
Condemns thy hellish horde	C
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And though the weary body	C
Relaxed in sleep may be	C
Our hearts Lord e'en in slumber	L
Shall meditate on Thee	C