The Hymns of Prudentius: translated by R. Martin Pope

#	Text	Tune
1L	Ales diei nuntius
1E	Awake! the shining day is born!
2L	Nox et tenebrae et nubila
2E	Ye clouds and darkness, hosts of night
3L	O crucifer bone, lucisator
3E	Blest Cross-bearer, Source of good
4L	Pastis visceribus ciboque sumpto
4E	Refreshed we rise, and for this bread that feeds
5L	Inventor rutili, dux bone, luminis
5E	Blest Lord, Creator of the glowing light
6L	Ades Pater supreme
6E	Draw near, Almighty Father
7L	O Nazarene, lux Bethlem, verbum Patris
7E	O Jesus, Light of Bethlehem
8L	Christe servorum regimen tuorum
8E	O Christ, of all Thy servants Guide
9L	Da puer plectrum, choreis ut canam fidelibus
9E	Let me chant in sacred numbers, as I strike each sounding string
10L	Deus ignee fons animarum
10E	Fountain of life, supernal Fire
11L	Quid est, quod artem circulum
11E	Why doth the sun re-orient take
12L	Quicumque Christum quaeritis
12E	Lift up your eyes, whoe'er ye be

Publisher:	Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 1905
Language:	Latin; English

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