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X. SPECULUM JUSTITIÆ.
Not in Himself the Eternal Word
Lay hid upon Creation's day:
His Loveliness abroad He poured
On all the worlds, and pours for aye.
Lay hid upon Creation's day:
His Loveliness abroad He poured
On all the worlds, and pours for aye.
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Not in Himself the Incarnate Son
In whom Man's race is born again
His glory hides. The victory won
He rose to send His ‘Gifts on Men.’
In whom Man's race is born again
His glory hides. The victory won
He rose to send His ‘Gifts on Men.’
In sacraments, His dread behests,
In Providence, in granted prayer,
Before the time He manifests
His Presence, far as man may bear.
In Providence, in granted prayer,
Before the time He manifests
His Presence, far as man may bear.
He shines not from a vault of gloom;
The horizon round His splendour paints:
The sphere of Souls His beams illume;
His light is glorious in His Saints.
The horizon round His splendour paints:
The sphere of Souls His beams illume;
His light is glorious in His Saints.
He shines upon His Church that Moon
Who, in the watches of the night,
Transmits to Earth the entrusted boon,
A sister orb of sacred light.
Who, in the watches of the night,
Transmits to Earth the entrusted boon,
A sister orb of sacred light.
And thou, pure mirror of His grace!
As sun reflected in a sea,
So, Mary, feeblest eyes the face
Of Him thou lov'st discern in thee.
As sun reflected in a sea,
So, Mary, feeblest eyes the face
Of Him thou lov'st discern in thee.
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