THE SAD YEARS
HEROD (Continued)
Seraphim: “Consolatrix afflictorum.”
I hear again from out the singing spheres
A mother's scream, and all her whispered prayer
Stabbed by her anguish, faint beneath her fears,
I hide once more upon that far earth there.
Cherubim: “Regina Martyrum.”
Draw close the starry curtains of the night
Lest Heaven fade and I forget to pray;
Here God is love, we hate nor suffer fight,
What Herod lives upon the earth to-day?
| Cherubim: | “Da pacem, Domine, sustinentibus te, |
| Seraphim: | “Pacem relinquo vobis, pacem |
Cherubim and Seraphim: Alleluia.
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