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English Translation below Original	A
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Hymnus Matutinus	B
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Nox et tenebrae et nubila	A
confusa mundi et turbida	C
lux intrat albescit polus	B
Christus venit discedite	C
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Caligo terrae scinditur	D
percussa solis spiculo	A
rebusque iam color redit	C
vultu nitentis sideris	B
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Sic nostra mox obscuritas	B
fraudisque pectus conscium	E
ruptis retectum nubibus	B
regnante pallescit Deo	C
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Tunc non licebit claudere	D
quod quisque fuscum cogitat	C
sed mane clarescent novo	C
secreta mentis prodita	C
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Fur ante lucem squalido	C
inpune peccat tempore	D
sed lux dolis contraria	D
latere furtum non sinit	C
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Versuta fraus et callida	C
amat tenebris obtegi	F
aptamque noctem turpibus	B
adulter occultus fovet	C
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Sol ecce surgit igneus	B
piget pudescit paenitet	C
nec teste quisquam lumine	G
peccare constanter potest	C
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Quis mane sumptis nequiter	D
non erubescit poculis	B
cum fit libido temperans	B
castumque nugator sapit	C
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Nunc nunc severum vivitur	D
nunc nemo tentat ludicrum	E
inepta nunc omnes sua	B
vultu colorant serio	D
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Haec hora cunctis utilis	B
qua quisque quod studet gerat	C
miles togatus navita	C
opifex arator institor	D
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Illum forensis gloria	D
hunc triste raptat classicum	E
mercator hinc ac rusticus	B
avara suspirant lucra	D
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At nos lucelli ac faenoris	B
fandique prorsus nescii	B
nec arte fortes bellica	H
te Christe solum novimus	B
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Te mente pura et simplici	B
te voce te cantu pio	D
rogare curvato genu	G
flendo et canendo discimus	B
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His nos lucramur quaestibus	B
hac arte tantum vivimus	B
haec inchoamus munera	D
cum sol resurgens emicat	C
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Intende nostris sensibus	B
vitamque totam dispice	B
sunt multa fucis inlita	C
quae luce purgentur tua	C
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Durare nos tales iube	I
quales remotis sordibus	B
nitere pridem iusseras	B
Iordane tinctos flumine	G
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Quodcumque nox mundi dehinc	H
infecit atris nubibus	B
tu rex Eoi sideris	B
vultu sereno inlumina	G
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Tu sancte qui taetram picem	E
candore tingis lacteo	C
ebenoque crystallum facis	B
delicta terge livida	C
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Sub nocte Iacob caerula	A
luctator audax angeli	A
eo usque dum lux surgeret	C
sudavit inpar praelium	E
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Sed cum iubar claresceret	C
lapsante claudus poplite	C
femurque victus debile	A
culpae vigorem perdidit	C
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Nutabat inguen saucium	E
quae corporis pars vilior	D
longeque sub cordis loco	H
diram fovet libidinem	E
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Hae nos docent imagines	B
hominem tenebris obsitum	E
si forte non cedat Deo	H
vires rebellis perdere	D
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Erit tamen beatior	D
intemperans membrum cui	H
luctando claudum et tabidum	E
dies oborta invenerit	H
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Tandem facessat caecitas	B
quae nosmet in praeceps diu	H
lapsos sinistris gressibus	B
errore traxit devio	C
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Haec lux serenum conferat	H
purosque nos praestet sibi	I
nihil loquamur subdolum	E
volvamus obscurum nihil	A
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Sic tota decurrat dies	B
ne lingua mendax ne manus	B
oculive peccent lubrici	B
ne noxa corpus inquinet	H
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Speculator adstat desuper	D
qui nos diebus omnibus	B
actusque nostros prospicit	H
a luce prima in vesperum	E
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Hic testis hic est arbiter	D
his intuetur quidquid est	H
humana quod mens concipit	H
hunc nemo fallit iudicem	E
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Morning Hymn	G
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Newly Translated Into English Verse By R Martin Pope	J
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Ye clouds and darkness hosts of night	H
That breed confusion and affright	H
Begone o'erhead the dawn shines clear	D
The light breaks in and Christ is here	D
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Earth's gloom flees broken and dispersed	H
By the sun's piercing shafts coerced	H
The daystar's eyes rain influence bright	H
And colours glimmer back to sight	H
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So shall our guilty midnight fade	H
The sin stained heart's gross dusky shade	H
So shall the King's All radiant Face	B
Sudden unveil our deep disgrace	B
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No longer then may we disguise	B
Our dark intents from those clear eyes	B
Yea at the dayspring's advent blest	H
Our inmost thoughts will stand confest	H
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The thief his hidden traffic plies	B
Unmarked before the dawn doth rise	B
But light the foe of guile concealed	H
Lets no ill craft lie unrevealed	H
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Fraud and Deceit love only night	H
Their wiles they practise out of sight	H
Curtained by dark Adultery too	H
Doth his foul treachery pursue	H
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But slinks abashed and shamed away	K
Soon as the sun rekindles day	K
For none can damning light resist	H
And 'neath its rays in sin persist	H
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Who doth not blush o'ertook by morn	G
And his long night's carousal scorn	G
For day subdues the lustful soul	A
And doth all foul desires control	A
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Now each to earnest life awakes	H
Now each his wanton sport forsakes	H
Now foolish things are put away	K
And gravity resumes her sway	K
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It is the hour for duty's deeds	H
The path to which our labour leads	H
Be it the forum army sea	H
The mart or field or factory	H
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One seeks the plaudits of the bar	D
One the stern trumpet calls to war	D
Those bent on trade and husbandry	H
At greed's behest for lucre sigh	C
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Mine is no rhetorician's fame	E
No petty usury I claim	E
Nor am I skilled to face the foe	C
'Tis Thou O Christ alone I know	C
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Yea I have learnt to wait on Thee	H
With heart and lips of purity	H
Humbly my knees in prayer to bend	H
And tears with songs of praise to blend	H
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These are the gains I hold in view	H
And these the arts that I pursue	H
These are the offices I ply	C
When the bright sun mounts up the sky	C
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Prove Thou my heart my every thought	H
Search into all that I have wrought	H
Though I be stained with blots within	G
Thy quickening rays shall purge my sin	G
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O may I ever spotless be	H
As when my stains were cleansed by Thee	H
Who bad'st me 'neath the Jordan's wave	C
Of yore my soil d spirit lave	C
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If e'er since then the world's gross night	H
Hath cast its curtain o'er my sight	H
Dispel the cloud O King of grace	H
Star of the East with thy pure face	H
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Since Thou canst change O holy Light	H
The blackest hue to milky white	H
Ebon to clearness crystalline	G
Wash my foul stains and make me clean	G
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'Twas 'neath the lonely star blue night	H
That Jacob waged the unequal fight	H
Stoutly he wrestled with the Man	G
In darkness till the day began	G
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And when the sun rose in the sky	C
He halted on his shrivelled thigh	C
His natural might had ebbed away	K
Vanquished in that tremendous fray	K
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Not wounded he in nobler part	H
Nor smitten in life's fount the heart	H
But lust was shaken from his throne	G
And his foul empire overthrown	G
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Whereby we clearly learn aright	H
That man is whelmed by deadly night	H
Unless he own God conqueror	D
And strive against His will no more	D
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Yet happier he whom rising morn	G
Shall find of nature's strength forlorn	G
Whose warring flesh hath shrunk away	K
Palsied by virtue's puissant sway	K
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And then at length let darkness flee	H
Which all too long held us in fee	H
'Mid wildering shadows made us stray	K
And led in devious tracks our way	K
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We pray Thee Rising Light serene	G
E'en as Thyself our hearts make clean	G
Let no deceit our lips defile	H
Nor let our souls be vexed by guile	H
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O keep us as the hours proceed	H
From lying word and evil deed	H
Our roving eyes from sin set free	H
Our body from impurity	H
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For thou dost from above survey	K
The converse of each fleeting day	K
Thou dost foresee from morning light	H
Our every deed until the night	H
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Justice and judgment dwell with Thee	H
Whatever is Thine eye doth see	H
Thou know'st what human hearts conceive	C
And none Thy wisdom may deceive	C