Ave, Scala peccatorum, Qua ascendit rex coelorum, Ut ad choros Angelorum Homo sic ascenderet; In te vitam reparavit Auctor vitæ, proles David, Et sic se humiliavit. Ut mundum redimeret. Ap. Daniel, Thes. Hymnol. vol. v. p.183. The blessing from the cloud that showers, In wondrous twofold birth Of heaven is and earth - He is both yours, ye hosts, and ours: Hosannah, David's Son, For victory is won! He left us with a blessing here, And took it to the sky; The blessing from on high Bespeaks to us His Presence near: Hosannah, David's Son, For victory is won!' (From an Ascension Hymn). - A. E. |