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Ode from the Penitential Office at Matins
| The time is drawing nigh, Even now the day is near, When Christ from heaven high To judgement shall appear; Keep watch, my soul, in fear, The Judge of men is near. |
| Then kings and princes great, The rich and poor shall meet; And high and low estate Shall gather round His feet; Keep watch, my soul, in fear, The Judge of men is near. |
| No crafty words shall mar, Nor sophistry distract; No parrying counsel jar With the eternal fact; Keep watch, my soul, in fear, The Judge of men is near. |
| 119 O Christ, in mercy then, Forbid my soul should go With lost and ruined men, Down to the place of woe; Keep watch, my soul, in fear, The Judge of men is near. |
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