Canon for Ascension Day. Ode VII.

ODE VII.

by S. Joseph of the Studium

φωτεινή σε, φῶς.

W afting Him up on high,
The glorious cloud receives
The Lord of Immortality,
And earth the Victor leaves:
The Heavenly People raise the strain,
The Apostles pour the hymn again;—
God of our Fathers, Thou art blest!

Y e faithful, tell your joys!
All hearts with gladness bound!
God is gone up with a merry noise,—
The Lord with the trumpet's sound!
To Him we cry, by woes once tried,
Now glorious at the Father's side,—
God of our Fathers, Thou art blest!

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Z ealous for God of yore,
With zeal still Moses burns:
"Come, Heavenly Spirits, and adore
The Victor Who returns;
Rise, Angel legions, rise and sing
The ancient hymn to greet the King,—
God of our Fathers, Thou art blest!"

Catavasía.

J oin’d with the trumpet-peal, the din and shout,
Cornet, flute, sackbut, dulcimer rang out,
And bade adore the golden deity:
The Spirit's gentler voice gives praise to Thee,
O co-eternal One—O consubstantial Three!