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

III

Pure may our inmost heart remain

From evil thoughts and fancies vain;

And may the curb our flesh control,

That drags to earth the aspiring soul.

IV

So, when the last stray beams of light

Shall fade before the return of night,

Kept in the path our feet have trod,

We shall give glory to our God.