Walpole: connected to Lent, but on various different Sundays: First or Second Sundys, even Passion Sunday at Nocturns.
monstratur orbi celitus,
quod Christi altor omnium,
cibis dicavit abstinens.
Legisque lator factus est,
Hoc Heliam* per aëra
Curru levavit igneo.
Hinc Daniel mysteria
Victor leonum viderat,
Per hoc amicus intimus
Sponsi Iohannes claruit.
Hæc nos sequi dona Deus,
Exempla parsimoniæ**;
Tu robur auge mentium,
Dans spiritale gaudium.
Præsta Pater per Filium,
Præsta per almum Spiritum,
Cum his per ævum triplici
Unus Deus cognomine. Amen.
This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in The English Hymnal (1906). It is listed there as the Morning Office Hymn from the 3rd Sunday of Lent until Passion Sunday: from St. Augustine's Lyre.
The bright glory of fasting is shown the world from heaven, which Christ, the nourisher of the world, when he fasted from food, commanded. By this Moses, dear to God, was made the giver of the law; by this Elijah was raised to the sky in a fiery chariot. By this Daniel, victorious over the lion, beheld mysteries; through this John, the intimate friend of Christ, glowed bright. Grant us to follow these examples of fasting, O God. Increase the strength of mind and so give spiritual joy.
Hymn:
The glory of these forty days
We celebrate with songs of praise;
For Christ, by whom all things were made,
Himself has fasted and has prayed.
Alone and fasting Moses saw
The loving God who gave the Law;
And to Elijah, fasting, came
The steeds and chariots of flame.
So Daniel trained his mystic sight,
Delivered from the lions’ might;
And John, the Bridegroom’s friend, became
The herald of Messiah’s name.
Then grant us, Lord, like them to be
Full oft in fast and prayer with thee;
Our spirits strengthen with thy grace,
And give us joy to see thy face.
Father and Son and Spirit blest,
To thee be every prayer addrest,
Who art in threefold Name adored,
From age to age, the only Lord. Amen.
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