--Neale.
49. Plaude...Deus:
Exult, O dust and ashes!
The Lord shall be thy part.
--Neale.
HILDEBERT.
1057-1184 A.D.
THE HEAVENLY CITY.
Hildebert, a contemporary and fellow-countryman of the Bernards, became Archbishop of Tours in 1125. His verses number more than ten thousand.
The selection is taken from his _Address to the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity_.
Cf. Revelation 21 and 22.
3. Auctor lucis: Genesis 1. 3. 5. lapis vivua: 1 Peter 2. 4, 6. 6. Rex festivus: Matthew 22. 2. 12-14. Revelation 21. 4; 1 John 3. 2. 15-18.
Cf. O civitas sancta, civitas speciosa, de longinquo te saluto, ad te clamo, te require.--Augustine, _De Spiritu et Anima_. 26. Revelation 21.
24.
The following is a portion of Neale"s translation (_Mediaeval Hymns_, pp. 35-36):
Mine be Sion"s habitation, Sion, David"s calm foundation: Built by him, light"s source immortal,-- To whose streets the cross is portal: In this city, uninvaded Peace,--spring endless, light unfaded: Endless breath of flowerets vernal, Festal melody eternal.
Home, no change nor loss that fearest, From afar my soul thou cheerest: Thee it seeketh, thee requireth, Thee affecteth, thee desireth.