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HYMNUS PRIMUS.

Vitæ per omne stadium, adultus et senex,
Benignitatem prædicando prosequar;
Amabilemque, hoc corpus exutus, thesin
Redintegrabo sæculorum in sæcula.

Natura cum cesset, nec amplius dies
Noctesque per vices opera monstrent tua,
Memor usque cor, quæ gratiose feceris,
Fideliter revolvet et venerabitur.

Millena millies per æva canticum

Movebo tibi, Jehova, gratitudinis ;

Sed, O nimis, nimis est brevis, nec laudibus
Vel tota sufficit tuis æternitas.

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HYMN THE SECOND.

How are thy servants blest, O Lord!

How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help Omnipotence.

In foreign realms and lands remote,
Supported by thy care;

Through burning climes I pass'd unhurt,
And breath'd in tainted air.

Thy mercy sweeten'd every soil,
Made every region please,
The hoary Alpine hills it warm'd
And smooth'd the Tyrrhene seas.

Think, O my soul, devoutly think,
How with affrighted eyes
Thou saw'st the wide-extended deep
In all its horrors rise!

HYMNUS SECUNDUS.

QUAM sunt beati, qui, Jehova, te colunt !
Quam certa tute es te verentibus salus!
Eterna mens eos regit, dux et comes,
Et major omnibus potestas adjuvat.

In exteris regnis, locisque dissitis,
Vigilantia securus et salvus tua,
Coli per ardentis peragrabam plagas,
Et insalubrem sanus hauriebam aëra.

Tuus per omne vultus affulsit solum,
Solumque fecit omne mihi ut arriserit;
Calore temperavit Alpium nives,
Tuscique complanavit undas æquoris.

Recogita mecum, anima mea, recogita,
Horrore quo perculsa, ponti videris

Imo ex sinu profunditates erutas,
Montesque fluctuum imminentes montibus!

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HYMN THE SECOND.

Confusion dwelt in every face,

And fear in every heart,

When waves on waves, and gulphs in gulphs,
O'ercame the pilot's art.

Yet then from all my griefs, O Lord,
Thy mercy set me free ;

While in the confidence of prayer

My soul took hold on thee.

For though in dreadful whirls we hung,
High on the broken wave;

I knew thou wert not slow to hear,
Nor impotent to save.

The storm was laid, the winds retir'd,
Obedient to thy will

The sea, that roar'd at thy command,
At thy command was still.

In midst of dangers, fears and deaths,
Thy goodness I'll adore ;

And praise thee for thy mercies past,
And humbly hope for more.

My life, if thou preserv'st my life,

Thy sacrifice shall be ;

And death, if death must be my doom,

Shall join my soul to Thee.

ADDISON.

HYMNUS SECUNDUS.

In ore quovis pallidus sedit stupor,
In corde quovis consilî impotens metus,
Cum devolutus gurges intra gurgitem
Victam gubernatoris artem luserit.

Sed salvum et illæsum inter hæc pericula
Paterna tua me reddidit clementia,
Dum se recepit anima numen ad tuum,
Confisa humillimæ precum violentiæ.

Prærupto aquarum in monte cum pependimus,
Cavasque valles ardui despeximus,

Servare novi te potentem maxime,
Nec supplices audire præsentem minus..

Procella siluit, dicto obediens tuo
Ventus recessit, reddita est tranquillitas ;
Et æquor, imperante te, quod sæviit,
Idem illud, imperante te, desæviit.

In mille versantem asperis laboribus
Me protinus juvabit et solabitur
Suavis recensio tot ante-munerum,
Humilisque plurium et pia expectatio.

Mea vita, vitam si meam dignaberis.
Servare, tibi, Jehova, consecrabitur ;
Et mors, futura siquidem est mors portio,
Animam meam tibi soli adunatam dabit..

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