CIRCLE OF THE HOURS. 



Qnidqnid tenebris horridnn* 

 Nox attulit ciilpae, cadiit. 

 Ut inan^, quod Dos nltimQm 

 Hie deprecamur cernui; 

 Cum luce nobis effluat, 

 Hoc dum canore concrepat. 

 Deo Patri sit gloria, 

 Ejusque soliFilio, 

 Cum Spiritu Faiaclito, 

 Nuuc,& peromne saeculum. 



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IX. O'CLOCK A.M. TIERCE. 



Obs. As the offices of Mltins, Laudes, and Prime, consisted for 



the most part of portions of the Psaltc-r recited by the rehgious, to- 



'gether.with an appropriate hymn, so Tierce consisted chiefly ot 



portions of the Scriptures and Prayers. The Pater Noster and Ave 



Maria being said before each. 



Tierce usually takes place at nine in the forenoon, and where 

 High Mass is said in convents and monasteries it frequently imme- 

 diately follows Tieice. 



In the little Olfice r,f St. Barbara, printed in the " Celeste Pal- 

 metum" at Bruges in 1761, is the following Hymn at Tierce : 



Dum propriocruore 



Aspersa pingeris 

 Vincas rosas rubore 



Quae stunt in hortulis 

 O coelicolo vireto 



Plaiitate floscale 

 Hoc orbJs ill vepreto 



Me qnaeso respice. 



In the Officiwn Parvum B. Virginis de septem doloribus at Tierce 

 is also a beautiful hymn, beginning Ave duicii maler Christi, &c. 



Nine o'clock in summer is distinguished by several phenomena. 

 Some dowers close thus early ; many birds and animals come torth 

 before the great noontide heat. Swifts, for example, now whiil 

 round and round in gyrations about our houses and gardens, utter- 

 incr their loud cry, and then retire to their cool recesses under the 

 tilings in steeples and in towers, till eventide invites them again 

 to take their winged prey. 



Htjmnus ad IX. An. vel ad Tierce, omni tempore. 



Nvnc sanite nobis Spiritus, 



Vnum Patri cum Filio, 



Dianare promptus ingeii 



Nostio refusus pectori. 



Os, lingua, mens, sensus, vigor, 



Contessionem personent, 



Flammescat iirne chaiitas, 



Accendat aivlor priiximos. 



Praesia, Pater piissime, 



Patrique coiiipar Uiiicc, 



Cum Spirito Paraclyto, 



Et nunc et in perpetuum. 



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