Nisi laves, moribundus.

Dum hos artus vita regit,

Quando nox sepulcro legit;

Mortuos quum stare jubes,

Sedens Judex inter nubes;—

Jesus, pro me perforatus,

Condar intra tuum latus!

The wonderful hymn has suffered the mutations common to time and taste.

When I soar thro' tracts unknown

—becomes—