Hymns of the Early Church / being translations from the poetry of the Latin church, arranged in the order of the Christian year

by John Brownlie

I

O Holy Father, gracious Thou and tender;

O Jesus Christ, Thou much adorèd Son;

Spirit most sweet, Thou Paraclete, Defender,

Eternally one!

II

Trinity Holy, Unity abiding,

True God Thou art, unbounded goodness Thou,

Light of the angels, trust of the confiding,

We hope in Thee now.