1 Thessalonians 5:6
Douay-Rheims
Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch, and be sober.
Prudentius
The winged messenger of day
Sings loud, foretelling dawn's approach,
And Christ in stirring accents calls
Our slumbering souls to life with him.
"Away," he cries, "with dull repose,
The sleep of death and sinful sloth;
With hearts now sober, just and pure,
Keep watch, for I am very near."
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A.D. 413 · on 1Thess 5:6 (HYMNS 1.1-8)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.