49. Plaude…Deus:
Exult, O dust and ashes!
The Lord shall be thy part.
—Neale.
HILDEBERT.
1057-1184 A.D.
THE HEAVENLY CITY.
Hildebert, a contemporary and fellow-countryman of the Bernards, became
Archbishop of Tours in 1125. His verses number more than ten thousand.
The selection is taken from his Address to the Three Persons of the
Holy Trinity.
Cf. Revelation 21 and 22.
3. Auctor lucis: Genesis 1. 3. 5. lapis vivua: 1 Peter 2. 4, 6. 6. Rex festivus: Matthew 22. 2. 12-14. Revelation 21. 4; 1 John 3. 2. 15-18. Cf. O civitas sancta, civitas speciosa, de longinquo te saluto, ad te clamo, te require.—Augustine, De Spiritu et Anima. 26. Revelation 21. 24.
The following is a portion of Neale's translation (Mediaeval Hymns, pp. 35-36):