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MEDIÆVAL HYMNS.
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    The reference is of course to Solomon's Throne—as the type of that more glorious Throne of the Eternal Solomon:—the lions being the temptations and difficulties which assail us in our progress towards it.

    The poet refers to Job v. 19. Daniel also sees a reference to the six curses addressed to the wicked in our Lord's description of the Day of Judgment.