PERSONS AND EVENTS RECORDED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE. ON THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. He that is mighty hath done to me great things, and holy is His name.-LUKE i. "Ut sol decoro lumine." As the sun O'er misty shrouds, When he walks Upon the clouds; Or as when The moon doth rise, And refreshes All the skies; Or as when The lily flower The vernal bower; Or the water's Glassy face Doth reflect The starry space; Thus above All mothers shone The mother of The Blessed One. In Thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.-GEN. xii. "Unus bonorum fons, Deus, omnium." O THOU Sole Fountain of all good, As on a rugged thorn the rose Though hostile briers round her close, Thus meekly, mid our ruin'd race, All glory to the Eternal Three, ON THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. AT THE FIRST VESPERS. Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.-GENESIS xlix. "Pastore percusso minas." THE Shepherd smitten is, and, lo, His flock the wolf is scattering wide ; Prisons, and chains, and murderous wrath, Saul, Saul, whence art thou? whither driven, This is to wage a war with Heaven, An arm almighty to withstand. Lo, forth he spreads beseeching hands, The spoiler fierce is lying low, The vanquisher lies vanquished, And he, who wore a threat'ning brow, O Lord it is Thy voice that shakes Good Shepherd, keep us as of old, If Thou shouldst hurtful ought discern; And, if we wander from Thy fold, Glory to God, both One and Three, Who call'st us thence to glorious light. |