Hours with the Mystics: A Contribution to the History of Religious Opinion

by Robert Alfred Vaughan

I set down here a new hymn Hermann sang me—sweet, as he sang it—with a ringing repetition that chimes right pleasantly, and makes amends for some lack of meaning in the words.[^[91]]

Oh be glad, thou Zion’s daughter,

Joyous news to thee are sent;

Thou shalt sing a strain of sweetness,

Sing it to thy heart’s content.

Now the friend of God thou art,

Therefore shalt thou joy at heart,

Therefore know no sorrow-smart.

Lo! ’tis ju-ju-jubilation,

Meditation;