4. The trivial round, the common task,
Will furnish all we ought to ask;
Room to deny ourselves; a road
To bring us, daily, nearer God.

5. Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love
Fit us for perfect rest above;
And help us, this and every day,
To live more nearly as we pray.

Amen.

JOHN KEBLE.

I. Now, when the dusky shades of night,

retreating

Before the sun's red banner, swiftly flee; Now, when the terrors of the dark are fleeting,

O Lord, we lift our thankful hearts to
Thee:-

2. To Thee, Whose word, the fount of life

unsealing,

When hill and dale in thickest dark

ness lay,

Awoke bright rays across the dim earth stealing,

And bade the eve and morn complete the day.

3. Look from the tower of Heaven, and send to cheer us

Thy light and truth to guide us onward still;

Still let Thy mercy, as of old, be near us, And lead us safely to Thy holy hill.

. So, when that morn of endless light is waking,

And shades of evil from its splendours flee,

Safe may we rise, the earth's dark breast forsaking,

Through all the long bright day to dwell with Thee.

Be this by Thee, O God thrice Holy, granted,

O Father, Son, and Spirit, ever blest; Whose glory by the Heaven and earth is chanted,

Whose Name by men and angels is

confessed.

Amen.

GREGORY THE GREAT. Tr. ANON.

1. O Jesu, Lord of heavenly grace,
Thou brightness of Thy Father's face,
Thou fountain of eternal light,

Whose beams disperse the shades of night:

2. Come, holy Sun of heavenly love,
Shower down Thy radiance from above,
And to our inmost hearts convey
The Holy Spirit's cloudless ray.

3. May faith, deep rooted in the soul,
Subdue our flesh, our minds control;
May guile depart, and discord cease,
And all within be joy and peace.

4. O hallowed be the approaching day;
Let meekness be our morning ray;
And faithful love our noonday light;
And hope our sunset, calm and bright.

5. O Christ, with each returning morn,
Thine image to our hearts is borne:
O may we ever clearly see

Our Saviour and our God in Thee. Amen.

ST. AMBROSE. Tr. J. CHANDler.

IO.

1. Ye that have spent the silent night In sleep and quiet rest,

And joy to see the cheerful light

That riseth in the east;

D.C.M.

Now lift your hearts, your voices raise,
Your morning tribute bring,
And pay a grateful song of praise
To Heaven's Almighty King.

2. And as this gloomy night did last
But for a little space;

As heavenly day, now night is past,
Doth shew his pleasant face;
So let us hope, when faith and love
Their work on earth have done,
God's blessed face to see above,
Heaven's better, brighter Sun.

3. God grant us grace that height to gain,
That glorious sight to see,
And send us, after worldly pain,
A life from trouble free:

Where cheerful day shall ever shine,

And sorrow never come:

Lord, be a place, a portion, mine,

In that bright blissful home. Amen.

GEORGE GASCOIGNE.

I. O God, the Lord of place and time,
Who orderest all things prudently,
Brightening with beams the opening prime,
And burning in the midday sky:

2. Quench Thou the fires of hate and strife,
The wasting fever of the heart;
From perils guard our feeble life,
And to our souls Thy peace impart.
3. Grant this, O Father, Only Son,
And Holy Spirit, God of grace,
To Whom all glory, Three in One,
Be given in every time and place.

Amen.

ST. AMBROSE. Tr. CARDINAL NEWMAN.

12.

1. Up to the throne of God is borne
The voice of praise at early morn,
And He accepts the punctual hymn,
Sung as the light of day grows dim:
2. Nor will He turn His ear aside
From holy offerings at noontide:
Then here to Him our souls we raise
In songs of gratitude and praise.

L.M.