Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | II. Prayer and Aspiration | | “Darkness is thinning” | | Saint Gregory (c. 540–604) |
| | From the Latin by John Mason Neale
DARKNESS is thinning; shadows are retreating; | |
| Morning and light are coming in their beauty; | |
| Suppliant seek we, with an earnest outcry, | |
| God the Almighty! | |
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| So that our Master, having mercy on us, | 5 |
| May repel languor, may bestow salvation, | |
| Granting us, Father, of thy loving-kindness | |
| Glory hereafter! | |
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| This, of his mercy, ever blessèd Godhead, | |
| Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, give us,— | 10 |
| Whom through the wide world celebrate forever | |
| Blessing and glory! | | | | |
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