IX.

Ah me! how lovely they must be

Whom God has glorified;

Yet one of them, O sweetest thought!

Is ever at my side.

X.

Then for thy sake, dear Angel! now

More humble will I be:

But I am weak, and when I fall,

O weary not of me:

XI.

O weary not, but love me still,
For Mary's sake, thy Queen;
She never tired of me, though I

Her worst of sons have been.

XII.

She will reward thee with a smile;

Thou know'st what it is worth!

For Mary's smiles each day convert The hardest hearts on earth.

XIII.

Then love me, love me, Angel dear!

And I will love thee more;

And help me when my soul is cast

Upon the eternal shore.

XXV.

ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL.

I.

It is no earthly summer's ray

That sheds this golden brightness round, Crowning with heavenly light the day

The Princes of the Church were crowned.

II.

The blessed Seer to whom were given
The hearts of men to teach and school,

And he that keeps the keys of heaven
For those on earth that own his rule ;-

III.

Fathers of mighty Rome, whose word Shall pass the doom of life or death,— By humble cross and bleeding sword

Well have they won their laurel wreath.

IV.

O happy Rome, made holy now

By these two martyrs' glorious blood,

Earth's best and fairest cities bow

By thy superior claims subdued.

V.

For thou alone art worth them all,

City of martyrs! thou alone

Canst cheer our pilgrim hearts, and call

The Saviour's sheep to Peter's throne.

VI.

All honour, power, and praise be given
To Him who reigns in bliss on high,
For endless, endless years in heaven,

One only God in Trinity!

Amen.

(From the Breviary-" Decora lux æternitatis auream.")