_{I intend to remake this hymn slightly to clarify my own intentions with it.}

_{I found it in the Morning Prayer on the Universalis app just now.}

_Hymn

_{”This hymn dates from the 7th or 8th century and is by an unknown author. It is a joyful, simple celebration of the hope which leads us to look forward to the time when an eternal and definitive day will dawn.”}

_{Auróra iam spargit polum,} 

_{terris dies illábitur,} 

_{lucis resúltat spículum:} 

_{discédat omne lúbricum.}

_{Iam vana noctis décidant,} 

_{mentis reátus súbruat,}

_{quicquid ténebris hórridum} 

_{nox áttulit culpæ, cadat,}

_{Ut mane illud últimum,} 

_{quod præstolámur cérnui,}

_{in lucem nobis éffluat,} 

_{dum hoc canóre cóncrepat.}

_{Deo Patri sit glória} 

_{eiúsque soli Fílio} 

_{cum Spíritu Paráclito,} 

_{in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.}

_{It were my soul’s desire} 

_{To see the face of God;} 

_{It were my soul’s desire} 

_{To rest in his abode.}

_{Grant, Lord, my soul’s desire,} 

_{Deep waves of cleansing sighs,} 

_{Grant, Lord, my soul’s desire,} 

_{From earthly cares to rise.}

_{It were my soul’s desire} 

_{To imitate my King,} 

_{It were my soul’s desire} 

_{His endless praise to sing.}

_{It were my soul’s desire,} 

_{When heaven’s gate is won,} 

_{To find my soul’s desire,} 

_{Clear shining like the sun.}

_{This still my soul’s desire,} 

_{Whatever life afford,} 

_{To gain my soul’s desire} 

_{And see thy face, O Lord.}