22 Tuesday Evening
TE LUCIS ANTE TERMINUM
Sometimes ascribed to St. Ambrose. It is found in eleventh-century Hymnaria of the English Church, and in the Breviaries of Rome, Paris, Sarum, York, and Aberdeen, generally as a hymn at Compline.
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| Maker of the world, we pray, Ere the dark of night surround us, Let Thy love beside us stay, Throw protecting arms around us. | | Phantoms of the night away! Let no evil dream affect us; Pure as falls the light of day, From the taint of sin protect us. | | Hear us, Father, when we cry; Hear us, Christ, Thy grace extending; Hear us, Spirit, throned on high, Three in one, through years unending. | |