The hymns are a trifle more hopeful, and really merit our notice. They are by no means the “dozen tame hymns” of which Simcox speaks so contemptuously. There are sixteen of them and three are quite good. Here, for instance, is the Christe lumen perpetuum:
“O Christ, the eternal light
Of every sun and sphere,
Illumine thou our mortal night
And keep our spirits clear.
“Let nothing evil smite,
Nor enemy invade;
And let us stainless be, and white,
By nothing base betrayed.
“Guard thou the hearts of all,