O King all glorious

O King all glorious, amid thy saintly company,
Who ever shalt be praised, who over passest utterance.
Thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us,
And we are called by thy Holy Name;
Leave us not, O Lord our God,
that in the day of judgement it may please thee
to place us in the number of thy saints and blessed ones,
O King most blessed.

~ Compline antiphon from the Sarum Gradual

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From the Gawain poet to Rainer Maria Rilke: I love traditional poetry.
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