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Te lucis ante terminum
(To Thee before the close of day)
2022

Dedicated to and premiered by the Eastman/Christ Church Schola Cantorum in Rochester, NY. Stephen Kennedy, director.

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ca. 3'

SATB

Text: Compline hymn from the Roman Breviary

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Te lucis ante terminum,

Rerum Creator poscimus,

Ut solita clementia

Sis praesul ad custodiam.

 

Procul recedant somnia,

Et noctium phantasmata;

Hostemque nostrum comprime,

Ne polluantur corpora.

 

Praesta, Pater omnipotens,

Per Jesum Christum Dominum,

Qui tecum in perpetuum

Regnat cum Sancto Spiritu. Amen.

Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That with thy wonted favor, Thou
Would'st be our guard and keeper now.

From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
From nightly fears and fantasies;
Tread under foot our ghostly foe,
That no pollution we may know.

O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son;
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Shall live and reign eternally. Amen.

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