HYMNS

OF

THE EASTERN CHURCH:

TRANSLATED,

WITH NOTES AND AN INTRODUCTION,

BY

THE REV. J. M. NEALE, D.D.,
Warden of Sackville College.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

J. T. HAYES, 5, LYALL PLACE, EATON SQ.

Sion's lyre, thou best content
That e'er Heav'n to mortals lent,
Though they as a trifle leave thee,

Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee,
Though to them thou be a scorn

Who to nought but earth are born,

May my life no longer be
Than I am in love with thee!

TO THE

SUPERIOR

AND

THE OTHER SISTERS

OF

THE HOUSE OF MERCY AT

CLEWER,

WITH THANKFULNESS FOR THEIR PAST,

AND PRAYERS FOR THeir future,

SUCCESS,

THESE HYMNS

ARE DEDICATED.

CONTENTS.

S. ANATOLIUS-(d. 458)

Stichera for a Sunday of the First Tone

Evening Hymn

Stichera at Vespers, 8. Stephen's Day

Heri Mundus Exultavit

Stichera for Christmas-tide

S. ANDREW OF CRETE-(A.D. 660-732)

Stichera for Great Thursday

For Sunday in the Week of the First Tone 31