Was Cherish'd by Thee

V. Thou art all fair, my beloved.

R. And the original stain was never in thee.

V.

O Lady, hear, &c. (with the Prayer and Ver steles, as at P . 698.) AT VESPERS.

V. Domina, in adjutorium V.

O Lady, make speed to meum intende. befriend me.

R. Me de manu hostium po- R. From the hands of the tenter defende. enemy mightily defend me.

V. Gloria Patri. Alleluia.

V. Glory be to the Father, &c. Alleluia. 3 F Digitized by CjrOOQlC 602 OPPICE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION HYMN. Salve, horologium, Quo retrogradiatur Sol in decem lineis ; Verbum incarnatur. Homo ut ab inferis Ad summa attollatur, Immensus ab Angelis Paulo minoratur. Solis hujus radiis Maria coruscat; Consurgens aurora In conceptu micat. Lilium inter spinas, Quae serpentis conterat Caput : pulchra ut luna Errantes collustrat. Arnen.

V. Ego feci in coelis, ut orir retur lumen indeficiens.

R. Et quasi nebula texi om- nem terram.

V. Domina, exaudi, &c. (». 598, cum Oratione ut supra.) Hail, dial of Achaz! On thee the true sun Told backward the course Which from old he had run ! And, that man might be rais’d. Submitting to shame, A little more low Than the Angels became. Thou, wrapt in the blaze Of his infinite light. Dost shine as the morn On the confines of night ; As the moon on the lost Through obscurity dawns ; The serpent’s destroyer ! A lily ’mid thorns ! Amen