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

Purge us from every filthy stain,

Teach us all evil to despise.

V

Hear us, O Holy Father, hear,

And Thou the Everlasting Son,

Who with the Holy Spirit reign’st

While the eternal ages run.

Monday Morning

AURORA JAM SPARGIT POLUM

Placed by Duffield in a class which contains hymns formerly called Ambrosian, but now known to be the work of other hands. George Cassander, the liberal Catholic collector (1556), writes “Incognitus auctor” after the hymn, which has a place in several old Hymnaria, such as the Durham, the Cottonian, and the Harleian.